Who invented or made the first dictionaries to sell on the market?

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Doctor Samuel Johnson published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755. Apr 12 02, 2:18 AM

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Title: A Christian Dictionary. Opening the significations of the chiefe words dispersed generally through Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament ... The fourth {edition;} augmented by addition of divers thousands of words ... Whereunto is ... added a large addition, both of words and phrases, by J. Bagwell. Main heading: WILSON. Thomas. One of the six preachers in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury There are several more from this period 1630-1650 as found in the British Library, ther must have been a limited number of printing presses at this time and I assume the writer would arrange printing and publication personally. Apr 12 02, 1:24 PM

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Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall is the first English dictionary, written in 1604. Apr 12 02, 1:31 PM

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