Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 899.5

SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton [etc.] 1755 First edition. 43 cm.

This work is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language: Until the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary, 173 years later, Johnson's was viewed as the pre-eminent English dictionary. The Dictionary "easily ranks as one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship, and probably the greatest ever performed by one individual who labored under anything like the disadvantages in a comparable length of time". (Wikipedia, A Dictionary of the English Language)

Cited references: Wellcome III p. 360