The lives of the most eminent English poets. : With critical observations on their works.
Samuel Johnson (Author), Thomas Longman (Bookseller), B. Law (Bookseller), James Dodsley (Bookseller), T. Cadell (Printer of plates)
Print Book, English, 1794
A new edition, corrected. In four volumes View all formats and editions
Printed for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell, P. Elmsly, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, H.L. Gardner, T. Payne, F. & C. Rivington, W. Otridge, J. Sewell, W. Goldsmith, W. Lowndes, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. & T. Wilkie, C. David, W. Nicoll, J. Matthews, J. Egerton, W. Fox, J. Edwards, Ogilvy & Speare, Scatcherd & Whitaker, J. Evans, Vernor & Hood, Clarke and Son, E. Newbery, and H. Murray., London, 1794
Criticism, interpretation, etc
4 v. ([2], iii, [1], 3-4, 436, [1] leaf of plates; [2], v, [1], 431, [1]; [4], 409, [3]; [4], 452 p.) : 1 port. (engraving) ; 21 cm (8vo)
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v. 1. Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. 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. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome
v. 4. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. Lyttelton
"Drawback" below imprint date on t.p. of each volume
Signatures: Vol. 1: A⁴ B-2E⁸ 2F² ; v. 2: A⁴ B-2E⁸ ; v. 3: [A]² B-2C⁸ 2D⁶ ; v. 4: [A]² B-2F⁸ 2G²
First and second volumes have half-title (A1r in vol. 1; A2r in vol. 2, leaf A1 blank)
Frontispiece, vol. 1: engraved portrait of Johnson published by T. Cadell, dated 24 August 1791