ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language; Addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield.
London: Printed for J. & P. Knapton, T. Longman, et al, 1747.
Price: $7,500.00
About the item
First edition, second state. [ii], 34 pp. 1 vols. 4to (9-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches). Original blue wrappers, titled in ink. Edges worn and chipped, in custom navy half-morocco slipcase and chemise. Fleeman 47.8PD/1b.
Item #345660
Signature A was reset to remove the address to Chesterfield on page 1, so that the text begins simply “My Lord”. Fleeman notes other changes (p. 34 in this copy has the corrected reading, “in the mazes”), but in the absence of a separate advertisement this does not constitute a ‘second issue’.
