JOHNSON,S. サミエル・ジョンソン、London, Printed by W.Straha・・・
390x235mm, modern three-quater calf & cloth, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pices, new endpapers. First Ed.
With 200&more handwritten contemporary notes adding words to this dictionary. Mostly written on small slips of paper pasted onto the margins of the book, this method of adding words to the dictionary is evocative of Johnson’s own practice in emending his dictionary
Title pp. of Vol.1 detached, formerly creased, now flatened with some restoration, following leaf repaired with margins extended. Vol.II title page with large chips affecting letters of title and imprint, laid down on bakcing leaf following 5 leaves likewise wih chips and repairs affecting some text.
著者本、200箇所以上の自筆直接書き込みと小紙片上書き込み。20世紀背角仔牛革装、タイトル頁及び序文破れ職人による修復