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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND & JOHNSONIANA. Group of eight titles in 13 volumes. London: 1766-1836.
Including first editions by Samuel Johnson, Hester Piozzi, Gilbert White and Tobias Smollett and a handsome manuscript commonplace book of the period. [Comprises:] SMOLLETT, Tobias. Travels through France and Italy. London: R. Baldwin, 1766. First edition. 2 volumes, octavo. Half titles. Contemporary calf. * [JOHNSON, Samuel.] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: Strahan & Cadell, 1775. First edition, later issue. Calf. Custom slipcase. * WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. London: T. Bensley, 1789. First edition, this copy with early ornithological marginalia. Quarto. 2 part titles with engraved vignettes; 7 engraved plates including the large folding frontispiece and one other folding plate. Later half calf. * PIOZZI, Hester Lynch. British Synonymy; or, an Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation. London: for G.G. and J. Robinson 1794. First edition in original boards. 2 volumes, octavo. Half-titles. Custom slipcase. * A New Commonplace Book. London: J. Walker n.d. With over 100 pages of manuscript quotations added. Quarto. Plain green vellum. * JOHNSON, Samuel. The Lives of the most Eminent English Poets. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1811. Three volumes, octavo. Original boards, uncut. * EVELYN, John. Memoirs, illustrative of the Life and Writings. London: Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition in fine original boards. Two volumes, quarto. Engraved frontispiece portraits (spotted). Original boards, untrimmed, paper spine labels. * Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell. London: John Murray 1836. Large-paper copy. Folio. Illustrated with engravings, including portraits and facsimiles. Contemporary quarter calf.
Together, 13 volumes, various sizes. Original boards or contemporary or 19th century leather bindings (several rebacked). Condition varies, overall good or very good with frequent previous owners markings.