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The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works / by Samuel Johnson ; in four volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR553 .J7 1783 v.1-4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poets, English.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Danby, W. (autograph, 1790)
- Danby, William (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- A new edition, corrected.
- Fingerprint:
- e.ul s.i- orny delu (3) 1783 (R) v.1
- 2921 d.re ofr- "n"n (3) 1783 (R) v.2
- 2553 d.d, ceea tade (3) 1783 (R) v.3
- 7047 isis ngto ofCr (3) 1783 (R) v.4
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan ... [and 32 others], MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
- Contents:
- v. 1. Cowley ; Denham ; Milton ; Butler ; Rochester ; Roscommon ; Otway ; Waller ; Pomfret ; Dorset ; Stepney ; J. Philips ; Walsh
- v. 2. Dryden ; Smith ; Duke ; King ; Sprat ; Halifax ; Parnell ; Garth ; Rowe ; Addison ; Hughes ; Sheffield
- v. 3. Prior ; Congreve ; Blackmore ; Fenton ; Gay ; Granville ; Yalden ; Tickell ; Hammond ; Somervile ; Savage ; Swift ; Broome
- v. 4. Pope ; Pitt ; Thomson ; Watts ; A. Philips ; West ; Collins ; Dyer ; Shenstone ; Young ; Mallet ; Akenside ; Gray ; Lyttelton.
- Notes:
- Signatures: v. 1: a⁴ B-2F⁸ 2G⁴(-2G4) ; v. 2: a² B-2E⁸ 2F⁴ ; v. 3: [A]² B-G⁸ H⁸(H5+'*'.'*H7') I-2E⁸ ; v. 4: a² B-2H⁸ 2I⁴.
- Pagination: v. 1: vii, [1], 454 p., [1] leaf of plates ; v. 2: iii, [1], 440 p. ; v. 3: iii, [1], 108, *109-*112, 109-342 [i.e. 432] p. ; v. 4: iii, [1], 485, [3] p.
- Engraved plate (portrait of Samuel Johnson).
- Advertisements: v. 4, p. 485-[486].
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy: each vol. has armorial bookplate of William Danby and autograph ("W Danby - 1790") on front pastedown.
- Penn Libraries copy: v. 1 has a few ms. marginal marks and notes in pencil in text and ms. correction to text on leaf Y2v ; v. 2 has a few ms. marginal marks and notes in pencil in text.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T4514
- OCLC:
- 4622430
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