Frontispiece portrait by T. Trotter after Joshua Reynolds. Pp. vii, [1], 480; iii, [1],471; iii, [1], 462; iii, [1].503, [504-bl
1781 · London
by Johnson, Samuel
London: Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, et al., 1781. First London edition with this title, engraved portrait without the imprint, wi9th p. 505 of ads in Vol. Iv. Frontispiece portrait by T. Trotter after Joshua Reynolds. Pp. vii, [1], 480; iii, [1],471; iii, [1], 462; iii, [1].503, [504-blank], 505 "Lately Published in Sixty-eight volumes An Elegant Edition of The English Poets". 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in full near contemporary full tree calf, gilt spine with red and green leather title labels, yellow edges, in open-faced slipcase. Bookplate of G.D.L. Horsburgh. About fine. First London edition with this title, engraved portrait without the imprint, wi9th p. 505 of ads in Vol. Iv. Frontispiece portrait by T. Trotter after Joshua Reynolds. Pp. vii, [1], 480; iii, [1],471; iii, [1], 462; iii, [1].503, [504-blank], 505 "Lately Published in Sixty-eight volumes An Elegant Edition of The English Poets". 4 vols. 8vo. Chapman & Hazen p. 159; Courtney Nichol Smith p. 141; Rothschild 1265
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