[JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84)]. Marmor Norfolciense: or an Essay on an Ancient Prophetical Inscription, in Monkish Rhyme, Lately Discover'd near Lynn in Norfolk. By Probus Britanicus, London: J. Brett, 1739. 8°, woodcut device on title, headpiece and initial (lightly spotted throughout, title and a few leaves more heavily spotted). 19th-century half calf, spine gilt with red morocco lettering-piece (extremities rubbed). Provenance: "Johnsonian Collection made by The Very Rev. Paton J. Gloag ... with Additions by the Rev. P. Hay Hunter ... No. 330 in Catalogue" (label on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. Courtney & Smith p.9: "exceedingly scarce"; Rothschild 1219.