The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations of their work. A new edition, corrected

by Samuel Johnson

$650 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

London: for J. Buckland, C. Bathhurst & T. Davies, 1793. 4 volumes, 8vo; engraved portrait; contemporary full mottled calf, red morocco labels and numbering pieces on spines; rubbed, a few short cracks starting at the ends of the joints; good and sound. The execrable portrait of Johnson, the shabby appearance of the printing, and that all the respectable booksellers named in the imprint were already dead invite the description of a piracy … The

• Binding: Leather

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