Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary

Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings.

Author/creator	Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st American ed.
Publication Info	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Description	viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	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.

Uniform title	Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
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.
General note	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.
LCCN	2005042661
ISBN	0374113025
ISBN	9780374113025

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PE1617.J7 H58 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold