Item #001688 Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works. Samuel Johnson.
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works

London: John Murray, 1854. "With notes corrective and explanatory" by Peter Cunningham. 3 volumes; 22 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands. Morocco spine labels in second and fourth compartments bearing title "Lives of the English Poets," author, and volume number. All page edges red. Marbled endpapers. First volume has bookplate on front fixed endpaper showing a woman with a large book in her lap above initials, signed W.F. Hopson, N.H. 1898. In The Book-Plates of William Fowler Hopson (1910), Charles Dexter Allen identifies the initials as "JJH" without identifying the owner. In Very Good+ Condition: leather is rubbed with several small scrapes; very slight loss of leather at head of vol. 3; pages are clean and tight. A solid and attractive copy. Very Good +. Item #001688

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