NMLP P-038091 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

A Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson · Printed by W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, London · 1755

The first edition is a pair of large folios (roughly 410 x 255 mm), published 15 April 1755 in an edition of 2,000 copies, representing about nine years of work

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-038091 for "A Dictionary of the English Language" by Samuel Johnson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038091, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).