Advertisement announcing the first edition of A dictionary of the English language by Samuel Johnson, [1759 Apr.].

Record ID: 
126093
Accession number: 
MA 204.25
Credit: 
Probably acquired by Pierpont Morgan or J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1922 or earlier.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 5.6 x 6.5 cm
Notes: 

A printed advertisement with manuscript notes by William Upcott: "April, 1759" and "An original advertisement for the first edition of Mr. Johnson's English Dictionary."
Pasted to a sheet of paper with a note and a fragment of a letter in Johnson's hand and notes by William Upcott.
Removed from Herbert Paul's Queen Anne (Paris: Goupil, 1906), v. 2, p. 113; probably added to this volume of Johnson letters ca. 1922.
Part of a collection of letters related to Samuel Johnson. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 204 for more information.