The Adventurer. A New Edition
Engraved frontispiece in each volume after Sir Joshua Reynolds and E. Edwards by J. Hall. 4 vols. 12mo
1778 · London
by (Johnson, Samuel) [Hawkesworth, John, Editor]
London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, et al., 1778. A New Edition. Engraved frontispiece in each volume after Sir Joshua Reynolds and E. Edwards by J. Hall. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt (though much rubbed). Joints cracked, some foxing to plates and title-pages. A New Edition" Engraved frontispiece in each volume after Sir Joshua Reynolds and E. Edwards by J. Hall. 4 vols. 12mo. This was originally published in 140 numbers, with John Hawkesworth and his close friend Samuel Johnson, along with Richard Bathurst and Joseph Warton the principal contributors. Hawkesworth was the editor of "The Adventurer" for two years and in that time contributed some seventy essays to it. Fleeman 52.11Ad/12. For first edition: Rothschild 1120; Courtney & Smith, p. 39 (Inventory #: 244547)