The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. By Samuel Johnson. In four volumes. ...
Johnson, Samuel,1709-1784.
London : printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies [and 31 others in London],
1781.
Some copies may include 'The principal additions and corrections in the Third Edition..' published in 1783.
The final leaf of vol. IV contains advertisements for books published by J. Nichols.
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Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1986. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 4439, no. 01.