The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by Samuel Johnson.

People / Organizations

• Henry Gardner ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed by John Nichols; for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, C. Dilly, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, J. Johnson, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, R. Baldwin, H.L. Gardner, P. Elmsly, T. Evans, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, J. Murray, J. Sewell, W. Goldsmith, W. Richardson, T. Vernor, W. Lowndes, W. Bent, W. Otridge, T. and J. Egerton, S. Hayes, R. Faulder, J. Edwards, G. and T. Wilkie, W. Nicoll, Ogilvy and Speare, Scatcherd and Whitaker, W. Fox, C. Stalker, E. Newbery, 1790.

Added name

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Publication year

1790

ESTC No.

T152606

Grub Street ID

197388

Description

75v.,plates (ports.) ; 8°.

Note

Vols. 1-6 contain the lives of the poets with plates). Vols. 74-75: general index

Half-title to vol. 1: 'The works of the English poets. ... In seventy-five volumes'

Printer's name in imprint varies: v. 6, J. Nichols; v.7-12, H. Hughs; v.13-18, 69-70, Rivington and Marshall; v.19-24, 68, 70, H. Baldwin; v.25-30, 47, A. Strahan; v.31-36, J. Davis; v.37-41, H. Goldney; v.42-46, T. Spilsbury and Son; v.48-51, 63-64, R. Blyth; v.52-56, 72, M. Brown; v.57-62, A. Hamilton; v.65-67, 73, T. Wright

Many imprints have "T. Payne and Son" (not "... and Sons").

Uncontrolled note

ZAU and ZDU report plates