Samuel Johnson

Vol I. The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland and a criticism of their works. Samuel Johnson. Dublin, 1795, J. Moore. Vol. II-VIII. The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland with prefaces, biographical and critical. Idem, 1793-1802.

8vo, leather, 8 vols., uniformly bound, title on spine in black and gilt stamping, boards with typographical embroidery, marbled endpapers, all with a portrait before the title by G. Shea, ± 3700 pp., 8 bookplates. Complete set; bindings with minor imperfections, else good. Added: A Dictionary of the English Language [2 vols.] (...) abstracted from the folio edition. Samuel Johnson. To which is prefixed, a Grammer of the English Language. The ninth edition. London, Rivington (et al.), 1790, rebound, new endpapers. (total 10)