Prefaces, biographical and critical
Subtitle: to the works of the English poets. By Samuel Johnson. ...
Series: Eighteenth century -- reel 964, no. 2.
Publisher: printed by J. Nichols; for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and sons, T. Davies [and 31 others in London]
Published: 1779
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 10
Work titles: Lives of the English poets
Notes: Later editions are entitled 'Lives of the English poets'.

Vols. 1-4 are dated 1779, vols. 5-10: 1781; vols. 5-10 list 33 additional booksellers in the imprint.

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

Each life has a separate pagination and register.

Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1985. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 964, no. 2).