The Life of Samuel Johnson, L L. D. Comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ... [etc.]

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Main Collection pre-1900  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1816 
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(GEN) With two folding facsimiles and engraved frontis portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds.||(CON) Vol. I; [A]2, a8, b8, c1, B-HH8, I1, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, [A]1v Imprint of C. Baldwin; engraved portrait frontispiece; [A]2r Title, verso blank; a1r-a3v Dedication; a4r-b1r Advertisement to the First Edition, verso blank; b2r-b3r Advertisement to the Third Edition, verso blank; b4r-b4v Advertisement to the Fourth Edition; b5r Advertisement to the Fifth Edition, verso blank; b6r Advertisement to the Sixth edition, b6v Errata; b7r- c1v Chronological Catalogue of Dr. Johnson's Works; fold-out facsimile of Dr. Johnson's hand-writing; B1r-I1r Text, I1v blank.Vol II; [A]2, B-II8, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, [A]1v Imprint of C. Baldwin; [A]2r Title, verso blank; B1r-II8v Text.Vol. III; [A]2, B-HH8, II2, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, [A]1v Imprint of C. Baldwin; [A]2r Title, verso blank; B1r-G2v Text; fold-out facsimile of a 'Round Robin, addressed to Samuel Johnson'; G3r-II2r Text, II2v blank.Vol. IV; [A]2, B-LL8, MM1, C2, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, [A]1v Imprint of C. Baldwin; [A]2r Title, verso blank; B1r-HH6r Text, HH6v blank; HH7r-MM1v Index; C1r-C2r Catalogue of Dr. JohnsonĂ­s Works; C2v Annotated quote from Henry VIII.||(REF) Multiple copies in NUC||(PRV) Accession no. 113: John Maconchy's coat of arms, and a second plate reading 'Purchased at the sale of Lord Portarlington's library, by Townley Searle, Wellington Quay, Dublin.'||(PHY) Accession no. 113: bound in full brown contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, red and black gilt labels, speckled edges. The chronological catalogue of Dr. Johnson's work, the first 34 pages of which are bound in Vol. I, have been continued at the end of Vol. IV, with signature C continued from gathering C in volume I. There is no loss of text, but it would appear that these last pages, 35-37, have been mis-bound. The verso of page 37 quotes from Henry VIII, the annotation explaining the reference to Griffith. Volume III, pg. 345 has been mis-numbered as 254. 
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