First edition：1985
Last edition：2000 (second edition)
Publisher：新潮社
Number of words：79.000 words
Number of pages : 1824 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-4107302144
Note : Out of print
While there are some merits to this dictionary, most specifically the examples given for words being from actual usage (mostly from literary sources from the end of the Edo period up to the 20th year of the Showa period 1867 – 1946), and it can be seen as a quite nifty index of literature in that respect, it’s uses as a dictionary, especially for language learners are quite a lot more minimal. One somewhat interesting thing for some people might be that any words linked in the 和英語林集成 are marked with a 〔ヘボン〕, meaning this word was certainly used during the Meiji period.
The biggest downside in my eyes though is that it hasn’t been revised for over two decades now, and is becoming more outdated by the day.