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Words will be taken from the annotated proof copy of the first edition, extra-illustrated with Johnson's and his helpers 'manuscript corrections, which is held in the collections of Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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Words will be taken from the annotated proof copy of the first edition, extra-illustrated with Johnson's and his helpers 'manuscript corrections, which is held in the collections of Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. — languagehat.com
Books that are extra-illustrated should be avoided by the collector on principle. — The Book-Hunter at Home
[89] The copy in the Pittar sale at Sotheby's in November 1918 was extra-illustrated and finely bound. — The Book-Hunter at Home
From an old drawing in an extra-illustrated copy of Pennant's _London_ now in the British Museum. — Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration
'Yes,' he replied, 'few of them are aware that the volume of this Life is extra-illustrated.' — The Bibliotaph and Other People