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London: J. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et. al., 1756 2 vols., complete. 8vo., full leather, gilt-decorated backstrip over 5 raised bands, black spine label. The first edition of the Abstract of Johnson's dictionary. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; front board separated; f.f.e.p. of vol. 1 separated; non-authorial signature to f.f.e.p. and title page; spine label to vol. 1 lacking; text is clean.


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