The lives of the English poets, and a criticism on their works
By: by Samuel Johnson
Contributors: Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library); O'Kelly, Daniel O'Connell, former owner; Strong, Jacob H., former owner; Goldberg, Gerald M., former owner
Publisher: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson, Lynch, Jenkin, Walker, Burnet, Hallhead, Flin, Exshaw, Beatty, and White
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Subjects: English Poets; English poetry; History and criticism
Work titles: Lives of the English poets
Notes: Vol. 1 is a reissue of the 1779 ed., with a new t.p. designated "Vol. 1."

Signatures: vol 1: [A]² B-2L⁸ 2M⁶; v.2: [A]² B-2E⁸ 2F⁸ (2F3+chi⁸) 2G- 2I⁸; v.3: pi² a⁸ A-2C⁸.

Vol. 1: [4], ii, 3-536, [2] p.; v.2:[4], 438, 439*-*454, 439-496 p.; v.3: [4], 399, [1] p.

Vol. 1: p. [1]-[2] at end blank.

Vol. 2: p. 439*-*454: odd numbers are followed by an asterisk, even numbers are preceded by an asterisk.

Vol. 3: p. [1] at end blank.

Cf. Fleeman, J.D.  Johnson, 79.4LP/2c and 79.4LP/6a.

Cf. ESTC T183621.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Advertisement. Cowley. Waller. Milton. Butler. Dryden. Denham. Sprat. Roscommon. Rochester. Yalden. Otway. Duke. Dorset. Halifax. Stepney. Walsh. Garth. King. J. Philips. Smith. Pomfret. Hughes; title: v.2. Addison. Blackmore. Sheffield. Granville. Rowe. Tickell. Congreve. Fenton. Prior. Pope. Swift; title: v.3. Gay. Broom. Pitt. Parnell. A. Philips. Watts. Savage. Somerville, Thomson. Hammond. Collins. Young. Dyer. Mallet. Shenstone. Akenside. Lyttelton. West. Gray.