Lives of the poets. Selections.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1878
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3160711
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxv, [3], 466, [2] p.. 19cm. Provenance: Inscribed on upper pastedown: "G.N. Curzon [i.e. George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Viscount Scarsdale (1859-1925)] from J.J. Hornby [possibly James John Hornby (1826-1909) headmaster at Eton]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red cloth, blind fillets forming a border, gilt lettering and fillets on spine. Edges sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)