[HAWKESWORTH, John (?1715-73), editor]. The Adventurer, London, for J. Payne, 1754, 2°, volume 2, only (of 2), nos. LXXI -CXL, Tuesday, July 10, 1753 - Saturday, March 9, 1754, title with engraved vignette, 2 leaves of contents, drophead titles (imprints on verso of last leaves of each number shaved or cropped, as usual), contemporary calf (worn and joints cracked) [Rothschild 1120]; and another. (2)

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[HAWKESWORTH, John (?1715-73), editor]. The Adventurer, London, for J. Payne, 1754, 2°, volume 2, only (of 2), nos. LXXI -CXL, Tuesday, July 10, 1753 - Saturday, March 9, 1754, title with engraved vignette, 2 leaves of contents, drophead titles (imprints on verso of last leaves of each number shaved or cropped, as usual), contemporary calf (worn and joints cracked) [Rothschild 1120]; and another. (2)

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The last number of the work is signed by the editor John Hawkesworth who contributed the majority of the essay to the work. Samuel Johnson was also responsible for at least 25 of the numbers, of which the following are present here: 74, 82, 84, 85, 92, 95, 99, 102, 107, 108, 111, 115, 119 and 120.

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