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Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Title:: The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works / by Samuel Johnson ...
Edition:: A new edition, corrected.
Published / Created:: London : Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan [and 32 others] 1783.
Physical Description:: 4 v. : port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BEIR Ib55 f779c copy 1: Autograph: Wm. Handyside.
Contents:: v. 1. Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Doreset. Stepney. Phillips. Walsh.--v. 2. Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison. Hughes. Sheffield.--v. 3. Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somerville. Savage. Swift. Broome.--v. 4. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Grey. Lyttelton.
Subject Terms:: Morough, Earl of Inchiquin, d. 1808 -- Bookplate. | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 -- Autograph. | Handyside, William -- Autograph. | Bathurst, C. -- Publisher. | Buckland, J. -- Publisher. | Strahan, W. -- Publisher. | Poets, English -- Biography. | English poetry -- Early modern, 1500–1700 -- History and criticism. | English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1783.
Contributors:: Trotter, Thomas, 1756–1803, engraver. | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, ill.