Dr Johnson's dictionary : the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world /
One man. 42,773 entries. The brilliant story of how Dr Johnson succeded in writing the first great English dictionary. By 1700, France and Italy already had dictionaries of their own, and it became a matter of national pride that England should rival them.
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London :
John Murray,
©2005.
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