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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784) -- A collection of 17 works relating to or by Johnson. Comprising:
John TAYLOR (1733-1788). A Letter to Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., 0n the subject of a Furture State. London: for T. Cadell, 1787.
James BOSWELL (1740-1795). Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale. London: for R. Faulder, 1784.
[Wiliiam BEVILLE (1755-1822)]. Observations on Dr. Johnson's Life of Hammond. London: for W. Brown, 1782.
[ANON]. Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. Occasioned by his Long-Expected, and now Speedily-to-be-Published Life of Dr. Johnson. London: for J. Hookham, 1790. ESTC lists two copies only.
[ANON]. Johnson's Laurel: or, Contest of the Poets. A Poem. London: for S. Hooper, 1785. ESTC lists three copies only.
John COURTENAY (1741-1816). A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson ... the third edition, corrected. London: for Charles Dilly, 1786. Inscribed on the title-page 'From the author'.
Peter PINDAR, [alias John WOLCOT (1738-1819)]. Bozzy and Piozzi: or, the British Biographers, a Town Eclogue ... fourth edition. London: for G. Kearsley and W. Forster, 1786.
[John WOLCOT]. A Poetical and Congratulary Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. on his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with the celebrated Dr. Johnson. London: for G. Kearsley, 1786. With rare postscript leaves; [ANON]. A Dialogue between Dr. Johnson and Dr. Goldsmith, in the Shades, Relative to the Former's Strictrues on the English Poets, particularly Pope, Milton, and Gray. London: for Debrett, Flexnet, Kearsley, Bew, and Sewell, 1785.
[George BUTT (1741-1795)]. A Dialogue between The Earl of C--d and Mr. Garrick, in the Elysian Shades. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1785.
[ANON]. An Ode on the Much lamented Death of Dr. Samual Johnson, Written the 18th December, 1784. London: J. Rozea for J. Bew and T. Hookham. Not in the British Library. ESTC records only two copies.
Thomas HOBHOUSE. Elegy to the Memory of Doctor Samuel Johnson. London: for John Stockdale, 1785. Apparently the author's copy, signed 'T. Hobhouse' at end). ESTC records three copies only.
[ANON]. A Poetical Epistle from the Ghost of Dr. Johnson, to his Four Friends: The Rev. Mr. Strahan, James Boswell Esq., Mrs. Piozzi, J. Courtenay, Esq. M.P., from the Original Copy in the Possession of the Editor, with Notes Critical, Biographical, Historical, and Explanatory. London: for Harrison and Co., 1786. ESTC records only two complete copies.
[ANON]. Anecdotes of the Learned Pig, with notes critical and explanantory, and illustrations from Bozzy, Piozzy &c. &c.. London: for T. Hookham, 1786. With annotations and corrections in ink in a contemporary hand. ESTC records one copy only.
William LAUDER (d. 1771). A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas, occasioned By his Vindication of Milton, to which are subjoin'd Several curious original Letters from the Authors of the Universal History, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Maclaurin, &c.. London: for W. Owen, 1751.
[Samuel JOHNSON, for] Zachariah WILLIAMS (1673-1755). An Account of an Attempt to Ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an Exact Theory of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe, from 1660 to 1840. London: for R. Dodsley, 1755. Title and text in English and Italian.
[Sir John HAWKINS (1719-1789)]. [The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: printed for S. Brillard and others, 1787].
17 works in one volume, mostly 4°, (approximately 264 x 206mm). Some pages with edges uncut, 33 engraved and etched plates bound in, advertisement leaf bound in at end Shortly will be published, (by subscription) A Portrait of Samual Johnson. (Some occasional light browning.) 19th-century polished calf gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e., gilt crest of the Crewe family (spine faded, joints weakened, extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: Crewe family (binding).
AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION INCLUDING MANY RARE WORKS. There is only one other recorded example of Anecdotes of a Learned Pig, and two other works are known in three copies only. These pamphlets and short tracts are both works which made Johnson the subject of contemporary satire and wit, and works to which he contributed both in part or in whole. Many of these pamphlets relate to each other, or to notable events in Johnson's life, particularly those concerned with Boswell's biography of Johnson, and the trip he and Johnson made to the Hebrides. The additional plates include portraits, views, facsimiles of handwriting, and satire, and have been bound in throughout the volume at appropriate points, thus illustrating the works and amusing the reader at the same time. This volume has been consciously put together making an attractive whole illustrative of the more ephemeral side of Johnson's life. The work on navigation by Zacchariah Williams was written by Johnson and the Italian translation was done by Johnson's close friend Baretti.
John TAYLOR (1733-1788). A Letter to Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., 0n the subject of a Furture State. London: for T. Cadell, 1787.
James BOSWELL (1740-1795). Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale. London: for R. Faulder, 1784.
[Wiliiam BEVILLE (1755-1822)]. Observations on Dr. Johnson's Life of Hammond. London: for W. Brown, 1782.
[ANON]. Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. Occasioned by his Long-Expected, and now Speedily-to-be-Published Life of Dr. Johnson. London: for J. Hookham, 1790. ESTC lists two copies only.
[ANON]. Johnson's Laurel: or, Contest of the Poets. A Poem. London: for S. Hooper, 1785. ESTC lists three copies only.
John COURTENAY (1741-1816). A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson ... the third edition, corrected. London: for Charles Dilly, 1786. Inscribed on the title-page 'From the author'.
Peter PINDAR, [alias John WOLCOT (1738-1819)]. Bozzy and Piozzi: or, the British Biographers, a Town Eclogue ... fourth edition. London: for G. Kearsley and W. Forster, 1786.
[John WOLCOT]. A Poetical and Congratulary Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. on his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with the celebrated Dr. Johnson. London: for G. Kearsley, 1786. With rare postscript leaves; [ANON]. A Dialogue between Dr. Johnson and Dr. Goldsmith, in the Shades, Relative to the Former's Strictrues on the English Poets, particularly Pope, Milton, and Gray. London: for Debrett, Flexnet, Kearsley, Bew, and Sewell, 1785.
[George BUTT (1741-1795)]. A Dialogue between The Earl of C--d and Mr. Garrick, in the Elysian Shades. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1785.
[ANON]. An Ode on the Much lamented Death of Dr. Samual Johnson, Written the 18th December, 1784. London: J. Rozea for J. Bew and T. Hookham. Not in the British Library. ESTC records only two copies.
Thomas HOBHOUSE. Elegy to the Memory of Doctor Samuel Johnson. London: for John Stockdale, 1785. Apparently the author's copy, signed 'T. Hobhouse' at end). ESTC records three copies only.
[ANON]. A Poetical Epistle from the Ghost of Dr. Johnson, to his Four Friends: The Rev. Mr. Strahan, James Boswell Esq., Mrs. Piozzi, J. Courtenay, Esq. M.P., from the Original Copy in the Possession of the Editor, with Notes Critical, Biographical, Historical, and Explanatory. London: for Harrison and Co., 1786. ESTC records only two complete copies.
[ANON]. Anecdotes of the Learned Pig, with notes critical and explanantory, and illustrations from Bozzy, Piozzy &c. &c.. London: for T. Hookham, 1786. With annotations and corrections in ink in a contemporary hand. ESTC records one copy only.
William LAUDER (d. 1771). A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas, occasioned By his Vindication of Milton, to which are subjoin'd Several curious original Letters from the Authors of the Universal History, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Maclaurin, &c.. London: for W. Owen, 1751.
[Samuel JOHNSON, for] Zachariah WILLIAMS (1673-1755). An Account of an Attempt to Ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an Exact Theory of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe, from 1660 to 1840. London: for R. Dodsley, 1755. Title and text in English and Italian.
[Sir John HAWKINS (1719-1789)]. [The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: printed for S. Brillard and others, 1787].
17 works in one volume, mostly 4°, (approximately 264 x 206mm). Some pages with edges uncut, 33 engraved and etched plates bound in, advertisement leaf bound in at end Shortly will be published, (by subscription) A Portrait of Samual Johnson. (Some occasional light browning.) 19th-century polished calf gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e., gilt crest of the Crewe family (spine faded, joints weakened, extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: Crewe family (binding).
AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION INCLUDING MANY RARE WORKS. There is only one other recorded example of Anecdotes of a Learned Pig, and two other works are known in three copies only. These pamphlets and short tracts are both works which made Johnson the subject of contemporary satire and wit, and works to which he contributed both in part or in whole. Many of these pamphlets relate to each other, or to notable events in Johnson's life, particularly those concerned with Boswell's biography of Johnson, and the trip he and Johnson made to the Hebrides. The additional plates include portraits, views, facsimiles of handwriting, and satire, and have been bound in throughout the volume at appropriate points, thus illustrating the works and amusing the reader at the same time. This volume has been consciously put together making an attractive whole illustrative of the more ephemeral side of Johnson's life. The work on navigation by Zacchariah Williams was written by Johnson and the Italian translation was done by Johnson's close friend Baretti.
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The second last work, Williams's 'Longitude at Sea', is missing the 'Table of Variations'.