1 option
The Idler / By Samuel Johnson ... with additional essays. To which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR1365 .I4 1799
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Cooke's pocket edition of select British classics.
- Cooke's pocket edition of select British classics
- Standardized Title:
- The Idler (London, England : 1758)
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume : plates ; 15 cm.
- no. 1 (Apr. 15, 1758)-no. 103 (Apr. 5, 1760).
- Edition:
- Cooke's edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for C. Cooke, [1799?]
- Summary:
- The "additional essays" consist of: An essay on epitaphs; A dissertation on the epitaphs written by Pope; The bravery of the English common soldiers.
- Notes:
- By Johnson, with the exception of 12 papers contributed by his friends, of which no. 33, 93, 96 are by Thomas Warton, no. 67 by Bennet Langton, and no. 76, 79, 82 by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
- Weekly essays which first appeared in the Universal chronicle, April 15, 1758 to April 5, 1760.
- OCLC:
- 185065740
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.