Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets

Later editions are entitled 'Lives of the English poets' and 'The lives of the most eminent English poets'

One British Library copy and NYSL copy contain 'Directions to the binder' (vol. 1, pp. ix-x)--for the first four volumes, showing that the lives were originally issued in parts

Vols. 1-4 are dated 1779, vols. 5-10: 1781; vols. 5-10 list 28 additional booksellers in the imprint

Errata: v. 1, p. xi

Each part has a separate pagination

Pagination, v. 1: xi, [1], 165, [1], 128 p.; v. 2: [4], 223, [1], 39 p.; v. 3: [4], 349, [1] (last p. blank); v. 4: [4], 31, [1], 15, [1], 27, [1], 20, 12, 12, 4, 9, [1], 12, 6, 5, [3], 13, [3], 11, [1], 42, [2], 64, 4, 13, [1] p

Library has v. 1-4; marked as vols. 57-60 of the Works of the English poets: with prefaces, biographical and critical. Does not contain portraits, as indicated in the ESTC T44190. Binder's error in v. 1: p. v-vii bound after p. [xii]. Vol. 2-4 bear Library's ex-libris by P.R. Maverick on front, and Notice by Trustees on the back paste-down; in v. 1 the Notice is on the front paste-down. Binding: calf, some volumes sprinkled; gold-tooled; trimmed to 14 cm