Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Hitchings, Henry, 1974- Title: Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings. Edition: 1st American ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Description: viii, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language. English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 18th century. Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism. English language -- 18th century -- Lexicography. Other Title: Dr. Johnson's Dictionary. Notes: "Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index. Contents: Adventurous -- Amulet -- Apple -- Bookworm -- Commoner - Darkling -- To decamp -- To dissipate -- English -- Entrance -- Factotum -- To gather -- Higgledy-piggledy -- Lexicographer -- Library -- Melancholy -- Microscope -- Network -- Nicety -- To note -- Opinionist -- Opulence -- Pastern -- Patron -- Philology -- Pleasureful -- To preface -- Publication -- Reception -- Triumphant -- Ubiquity -- Variety -- Weightiness -- X -- Zootomy. LCCN: 2005042661 ISBN: 0374113025 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 167100 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Johnson Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
