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

by Samuel Johnson

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: J. Buckland, C. Bathurst, and T. Davies, 1793. 4 volumes, 12mo, woodcut frontispiece portrait; contemporary full tree calf, gilt fillets and volume numbers in gilt on the spines; headbands fraying, spine ends a little chipped and a few joints starting, but generally 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

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