The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, et al, 1787.
Price: $400.00
About the item
Second Edition, revised and corrected. 605, [15, index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches). Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. `.
Item #307369
An early biography of Johnson by his friend John Hawkins, one of the founding members of the Literary Club. One of a half dozen or so biographies of Johnson that quicky appeared on the market following the author's death in 1784 and preceding Boswell's Life (1791).
