The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works
1793
The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, author
1793
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 4 v. (iv, [2], 268; [4], 260; [4], 256; [4], 283, [1] pages) : 18 cm. (12 mo) Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century Signatures: Vol. 1: pi² (pi2+1) A-Y⁶ Z² ; v. 2: pi² A-X⁶ Y⁴ ; v. 3: pi² A-X⁶ Y² ; v. 4: pi² A-Z⁶ 2A⁴ ; (leaf F3 signed F5 in vol. 2; leaf C3 signed C5 in vol. 3) In four volumes 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, Somerville, Savage, Swift, Broome -- v. 4 Pope, Pitt, Thomson, Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young, Mallet, Akenside, Gray, Lyttelton Clark Library copy: armorial bookplate of Thomas Foster Clark Library copy: bound in original blue stiff boards with title printed in black on spine. Uncut
