THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON w/ Arthur Murphy Bio 1826 VOL 1 POETS RAMBLER IDLER

Description: THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON w/ Arthur Murphy Bio 1826 VOL 1 POETS RAMBLER IDLER POB#54089 TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson with An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson AUTHOR: Samuel Johnson, Edited by Arthur Murphy PUBLISHER: London: Jones & Co DATE: 1825, 1826, 1828 EDITION: "New Edition" [type set title page] & also "Jones' University Edition of Classic British Authors" [engraved title page] DESCRIPTION: 23 cm. This edition was issued in two volumes. Only volume 1 included..PAGINATION & CONTENTS: [1] [i-xiv]: [i-iv] Advert leaf dated 1830, [v-vi] blank leaf, [vii-viii] engraved portrait of Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds, engraved by M. R. Page, [ix-x] Arabesque engraved title page with series design for Jones's University Edition, [xi-xii] Typeset title page for Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1, dated 1825, verso "Glasgow | Andrew & John M. Duncan", [1]-2 Advert leaf. --[2] [i-iii], iv-xl : [i-ii] Second typeset title page "Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1....", dated 1828, [iii], iv-xl: "An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson" by Arthur Murphy.---[3] [i-iv], [1], 2-363, [364]: The Lives of the English Poets. 1828---[4] [i-iii], iv, [v], vi-viii, [5 plate leaves], [1], 2-351 : The Rambler. 1826 with 5 engraved plates. Includes a table of contents. Plates illustrate Rambler No. 12, 66, 153, 182, 205. Engravers identified.---[5] [i-iii] iv [v] vi-xii [1] 2-111, [112] The Idler. 1826 with A Biographical Preface. .. CONDITION NOTES: EX-LIBRARY in Mid-20th century buckram, library stamps and bookplates. Excellent page and cover attachment. Foxing, especially to plates. A few unopened leaves. A complex edition of Glasgow origin containing various individual works, each of which is complete. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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