Search Results: Samuel Johnson and his circle from Lyppard Books

London: London: Printed for R[obert]. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, (where letters to the author are taken in) and sold by M[ary]. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row, 1753. 1st Printing. Full leather. Very Good. First edition, four volumes in two, folio; 1-628; 629-1258, [16]pp, In contemporary tree calf (lightly worn, hinges cracked but firm), spines gilt, red and green gilt-lettered leather spine labels, contemporary marbled endpapers, woodcut headpieces opening each number, a very clean copy. Very attractive example of this full bound-up run of Edward Moore's weekly periodical in handsome period binding with original collective title-pages added to each volume.. Contributors include Horace Walpole, Soame Jenyns and John Boyle Earl of Orrery, and with Chesterfield's articles of late 1754 extolling Johnson's imminent Dictionary on the eve of its publication, ESTC P1858, citing 14 examples in the UK (5 of which at British Library and 4 at Cambridge) and 8 examples in US (3 of which at University of Virginia).