Shelfmark
CS.1433.25 - CS.1433.28
Author
Uniform title
[Lives of the English poets. 1815]
Title
The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works / by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. ; to which are added a life of the author and his poetical works ; in four volumes.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Johnson's lives
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh : printed for Peter Hill, printer to the Church of Scotland, 1815.
Physical description
4 v. ; 19 cm.
Note
Each vol. has a separate title page.
Note
Pagination: vol. 1: xxxii, [1], 34-292 p.; vol. 2: 291 p.; vol. 3: 272 p.; vol. 4: 307 p.
Note
"Glasgow: Printed by and for R. Chapman, 1814"--Colophon.
Formatted contents note
Contents: v. 1. The life of Dr, Johnson, Cowley, Denham, Milton, Butler, Rochester, Roscommon, Otway, Waller, Pomfret, Dorset, Stepney, J, Phillips, Walsh -- v. 2. The life of Dryden, Smith, Duke, King, Sprat, Halifax, Parnell, Garth, Rowe, Addison, Hughes, Sheffield, Prior, Congreve -- v. 3. The life of Blackmore, Fenton, Gay, Granville, Yalden, Tickell, Hammond, Somervile, Savage, Swift, Broome, Young, Collins -- v. 4. The life of Pope, Pitt, Thomson, Watts, A, Philips, West, Dyer, Shenstone, Mallet, Akenside, Gray, Lyttelton, Johnson's poetical works.
Citation/references note
Fleeman, 79.4LP/25.
Provenance
Ms. annotation in black ink on the front flyleaf of vol. 1 reading: "From Mr. J. Beston to Gro[?] Barron. 1821".
Binding
19th century polished calf binding; gilt decorative border on boards; gilt lettering and decoration on the spine; green sprinkled edges; blank endpapers; bound and sold by A. Brown & Co., booksellers, Aberdeen (binder's label on front endpaper of vol. 1).
Subject
Poets, English Biography.
Subject
English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.
Subject
English poetry 18th century History and criticism.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Added entry--name
Hill, Peter publisher.
Added entry--name
Chapman, Robert, ? - -1838 printer.
Added entry--name
A. Brown & Co. (Aberdeen) bookseller binder.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53988