The works of Samuel Johnson .... in twelve volumes with an essay on his life and genius. By Arthur Murphy, Esq.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 3207328
Summary
Bibliographic description
12 v. :. front. (port.) ;. 8vo. Provenance: inscribed “W.F.J. Kaye Ball: Coll: Oxford” [i.e. Archdeacon of Lincoln and perpetual curate of South Carlton, to the 7th Baron Monson (later Viscount Oxenbridge) and the 8th and 9th barons]. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; single gold fillet on boards; gold-tooled on spines; spine title: Johnson’s Works Vol. I [-XII].
Makers and roles
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) , author Arthur Murphy (1727-1805), writer