List Books » Samuel Johnson's Unpublished Revisions to the Dictionary of the English Language: A Facsimile Edition
Authors: Samuel Johnson, Allen Reddick
ISBN-13: 9780521844703, ISBN-10: 0521844703
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: FAC
Allen Reddick is Professor of English Literature at the University of Zurich.
A facsimile, transcription and explanation of Johnson's own corrections to his Dictionary of the English Language.
Introduction; The British Library copy: description and provenance (with the Sneyd-Gimbel copy); The printer's copy for the letter B; George Stevens and Samuel Johnson; Notes on selected changes and annotations; Introduction; Notes; Policy of citing sources; Editions cited and works quoted; Facsimile; Transcription; Appendix: The Sneyd-Gimbel copy; Examples from the Sneyd-Gimbel copy.