The Adventurer. Volume the First … Second

by John Hawksworth

$800 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked. Beautiful copy. Rothschild 1120. Item #268091 Samuel Johnson contributed 25 papers signed 'T', which he dictated and gave to Dr. Richard Balthurst, who sold them for two guineas each; 4 papers signed 'T and Misargyrus' were attributed to Balthurst Rothschild .

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