Set Books: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Vols I-IV by Samuel Johnson
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Set Books: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Vols I-IV by Samuel Johnson

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DETAILS An antique set of leather bound poetry books by Samuel Johnson in four volumes. TITLE The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works PUBLISHER C. Bathurst, J. Duckland, W. Strahan... PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Acquired from: Bretano's Fine and Rare Books (New York, New York, 1853-2011) BINDING Full contemporary calf. Gilt tooled. ILLUSTRATED Portrait plate frontispiece LANGUAGE English EDITION Originally published: 1779 SUBJECT(S) Poetry PLACE OF ORIGIN United Kingdom AUTHOR(S) Samuel Johnson (English, 1709-84) PERIOD George III (1760-1820) | Late 18th century DATE 1781 DIMENSIONS Width 5.5 Depth 1.5 Height 8.5 inches Octavo CONDITION Note: some yellowing, foxing.

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