Prefaces, biographical and critical, [electronic resource] : to the works of the English poets. By Samuel Johnson. Volume the First.
1779
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Prefaces, biographical and critical, [electronic resource] : to the works of the English poets. By Samuel Johnson. Volume the First.
Author
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Uniform Title
Lives of the English poets
Publication Details
London : printed by J. Nichols; for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, E. and C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, T. Becket, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Davis, J. Nichols, F. Newbery, T. Evans, J. Ridley, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, J. Murray, W. Fox, J. Bowen, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
10v.,plate : port. ; 16⁰.
Note
Later editions are entitled 'Lives of the English poets'.
Vols. 1-4 are dated 1779, vols. 5-10: 1781; vols. 5-10 list 28 additional booksellers in the imprint.
One British Library copy contains 'Directions to the binder'(vol. 1, pp. ix-x) for the first four volumes, showing that the lives were originally issued in parts.
Each life has a separate pagination and register.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Vols. 1-4 are dated 1779, vols. 5-10: 1781; vols. 5-10 list 28 additional booksellers in the imprint.
One British Library copy contains 'Directions to the binder'(vol. 1, pp. ix-x) for the first four volumes, showing that the lives were originally issued in parts.
Each life has a separate pagination and register.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T44190.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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