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![SO PR? RE es RE ATA wn LAS Go HALT Tee Ra i, ia a : Bidets Smee ate a ee a oa tf eS - CHOICE SET, 1839 7854} JOHNSON = (Samuel).—Logo (FATHER OME) A VOYAGE, TO ABYSSINIA, con- y “taining the History, Natural, Civil, and | Q) \, Ecclesiastical, of that remote and unfre- \ ¥y~) quented Country, continued to the begin- “ /ning of the 18th Century, by M. Lz Granp, translated from the French by SamMuEL JOHNsoN, to which are added various other Tracts by the same Author, not published by Hawkins or Stockdale, 8vo, calf, newly vebacked, 1789 £1/4/~- 786 JOHNSON _ Locick: to which are subjoined Two Speeches delivered in the House of Com- mons of Ireland, and other Pieces, by the Ricut Honsie. WILLIAM GERARD HAMIL- TON, with an Appendix, containing Con- siderations on the Corn Laws, by SAMUEL JOHNSON, never before printed, First Ep1- TION, port. of Hamilton, cr. 8vo, half calf, 1808 787 JOHNSON (S.) Porticar Works, now _ ~ first collected in one volume, fcp. 8vo, con- temporary half calf, Printed for the Editor, and sold by G. Kearsley, 1785 £5/10/- First Edition, with 4-page list of books printed for G. Kearsley at end. 788 JOHNSON (Samuel) PRAYERS AND MEDI- TATIONS, composed by, and Published from his Manuscripts by GEorRGE STRAHAN, a Fourth Edition, 8vo, calf, fine copy, 1807 m i 12/- 789 [JOHNSON (Dr. Samuel)] THE RAMBLER, Original Edition, as issued in the bi-weekly twopenny numbers, from its commience- ment in March, 1749, to Oct., 1751, being numbers 1 to 163 [containing occasional contributions from Mrs: Carter, Samuel Richardson, and others], in 1 vol, folio, con- \ temporary half calf (front cover. detached), 1751 £8/8/- A vast treasury of moral precept and ethical in- struction.—LOWNDES. In all 208 numbers were published, mainly by Samuel Johnson. Number 97 was by Samuel Richard- son, and, says Courtney in his bibliography of Johnson, “Through the purchases of the admiring ladies by whom Richardson was surrounded, this was the only number of The Rambler which had a large sale.’’ 790 JOHNSON (S.) Works, Vol. XIV., 8vo, contemporary calf, newly vebacked, 1788 £1/15/- Contains Miscellaneous Writings, 475 pages, con- sisting of Marmor Norfolciense, Vindication of the Licencers of the Stage, Observations on Macbeth, and over 30 other articles, prefaces, etc. Dedications, pages 475-489; Letters, Epitaphs, Poems, etc., pages 490-556. i This volume appears to be very rare. Not the least point of interest is that it reprints in part the Proposals for the Edition of Shakespeare which were issued with the Miscellaneous Observations on Mac- pA beth in 1745, and have recently been rediscovered.— CourtTNEY’s Bibliography of Johnson, pages 162-3, £16/16/-- JOURNAL of a Tour to the HEBRIDES, by JAMEs BoswELL, printed in Large Type, New Edition, with numerous Additions and — Notes by JoHN WiLson CROKER, fronts., 5 vols, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, 1831 | £6/10/- The first edition with notes by Croker. prising his most interesting remarks and — observations, collected by TamEs BoswELt, — port., First Epition, 2 vols, post 8vo, old — scored calf, rebacked, 1818 £2/2/=— JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, and — a DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NorTH WALES, by JAmzEs BosweELt, edited by GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, numerous portraits and facsimiles, 6 vols; together with JoHn- SONIAN MISCELLANIES, arranged and edited by GEORGE BirKBECK Hitt, 2 vols; to-— gether 8 vols, 8vo, publisher's half roan, Oxford, 1887-1897 £9/9/- newly edited, with, Notes, by RocER INGPEN, Original Edition, with 6 fine photo- gravures and 300 other illus., giving facs. of — orig. title-pages, places of Johnsonian interest, etc., 2 vols, sq. roy. 8vo, half morocco (a- hittle vubbed), 1907 £2/2/< (Rev. John) THE FLOWERS OF MODERN TRAVELS, being © Extracts selected from the Works of the most CELEBRATED TRAVELLERS, etc., in- Sexes, New Edition, 2 vols, fep. 8vo, con-— temporary calf, 1788 18/- — This edition contains six interesting contributions by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Courtney, in his Bibdlio- graphy, only mentions the edition of Boston [U.S.A.J, _ 1797 ; ee purser in the Royal Navy)| LEXIPHANES, a Dialogue, Imitated from Lucian,~ and suited to the present Times, with a Dedica- _ tion to Lorp LYTTLETON, a Preface, Notes, > and Postscript, being an attempt to restore — the ENGLIsH TONGUE to its Ancient Purity, — and to Correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd — Phraseology of many late Writers, and — particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, © the RAMBLER, First EpiTIon, post 8vo, — half calf, 1767. £3/12/6 © _ A vicious satire on .Johnson’s Rambler; ‘‘ the diffi- — cult words, ‘‘adscititious’? and ‘‘equiponderant,” occurring in one sentence being especially censured.”— CourRTNEY’s Bibliography of Johnson. (George Birk- _ beck) Dr. Jonson, his Friends and his 3 Critics, cr. 8vo, orig. cl.; SCARCE, 1878 12/- :](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30859396_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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