Price: $700.00
Quantity: 1 available
Condition: Expertly rebacked leather spines, edges scuffed,and top of spine frayed, some worm hole in Vol. 4 and inner hinge in Vol I. Iinterior good to very good
Samuel Johnson undertook work on these volumes in 1777 at the request of a number of booksellers and they were published initially over a period of three years (1779-81). This edition is the first one published as a separate English edition.
Title: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: with Critical Observations on Their Works. Set of 4 volumes
Illustrator: Engraved portrait of Johnson as frontis to Vol. I
Categories: Poetry, Literature-British,
Edition: First Separate English Edition
Publisher: London, C. Bathurst et al.,: 1781
Binding: Full tree calf with black labels & gilt to spine
Condition: Expertly rebacked leather spines, edges scuffed,and top of spine frayed, some worm hole in Vol. 4 and inner hinge in Vol I. Iinterior good to very good
Size: 8vo.
Inventory Number: 7996