- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Title:
- The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works / by Samuel Johnson : in four volumes.
- Alternate Title(s):
- Lives of the poets
- Published / Created:
- London : Printed for C. Bathurst ... [and 35 others], 1781.
- Physical Description:
- 4 v. : port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN 1986 646 copy 1: Imperfect: front. (port.) wanting.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Cowley ; Denham ; Milton ; Butler ; Rochester ; Roscommon ; Otway ; Waller ; Pomfret ; Dorset ; Stepney ; Philips ; Walsh -- v. 2. Dryden ; Smith ; Duke ; King ; Sprat ; Halifax ; Parnell ; Garth ; Rowe ; Addison ; Hughes ; Sheffield -- v. 3. Prior ; Congreve ; Blackmore ; Fenton ; Gay ; Granville ; Yalden ; Tickell ; Hammond ; Somervile ; Savage ; Swift ; Broome -- v. 4. Pope ; Pitt ; Thomson ; Watts ; A. Philips ; West ; Collins ; Dyer ; Shenstone ; Young ; Waller ; Akenside ; Gray ; Lyttelton.
- Subject Terms:
- Poets, English -- Biography. | English poetry -- Early modern, 1500–1700 -- History and criticism. | English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism. | Arnold, William Harris, 1854–1923 -- Bookplate. | Bathurst, C. -- Publisher. | Battersbee, Thomas -- Bookplate. | Brown, Arthur M. -- Bookplate. | Kern, Jerome, 1885–1945 -- Bookplate. | Liebert, Herman W. -- Ownership. | Mace, George -- Bookplate. | Monso, James -- Autograph. | Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821 -- Autograph. | Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821 -- Ms. notes. | James Mcdonald Co. -- Binding. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1781.
- Form/Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century. | Binders (Binding) -- James Mcdonald Co. | Publishers' advertisements.
- Contributors:
- Trotter, Thomas, 1756–1803, engraver. | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, ill.