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estimates, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, the 9th day
of February, 1790. Comprehending a discussion of the present
situation of affairs in France.
London: Printed for J. Debrett,
opposite Burlington House, Piccadillly,
1790. FIRST EDITION, pp
(2), 36, (2, ads), 8vo, unbound, sewn as issued, uncut: light
staining and lower outer edge of the advert leaf torn off with
slight loss: good copy in original state.
Todd 52a. Burke used a
routine debate on the army estimates to raise the issue of the French
Revolution as a threat to European security.
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€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
967
.
[JOHNSON (Samuel)].
A history and defence of Magna
Charta. Containing a copy of the original charter at large, with
an English translation; the manner of its being obtained from
King John, with its preservation and final establishment in the
succeeding reigns; with an introductory discourse, containing a
short account of the rise and progress of national freedom, from
the invasion of Caesar to the present times. Also the liberties
which are confirmed by the Bill of Rights, &c., to which is
added, An essay on parliaments, describing their origin in
England, and the extraordinary means by which they have been
lengthened from half yearly to septennial ones
Dublin: Printed for
James Williams,
1769
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages (2), xl,277, (1, blank), 8vo,
contemporary calf, with label, gilt: a very good copy with the
armorial bookplate of Alexander Mitchell.
Also published at London during the same year, a second edition
followed in 1772. Ascribed to Johnson, Rector of Corringham, a
staunch Anglican. Dr Johnson denied authorship: see Boswell’s Tour to
the Hebrides.
€250-€300 (£200-£240 approx.)
968
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JOHNSON (Samuel).
A Journey to the Western Islands of
Scotland.
Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, No. 21, Skinner-row,
1775
FIRST IRISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE,268-pages, 12mo,
lightly dusty: a good to very good copy strongly bound in recent
paper boards, with label.
Fleeman 75. 1J/3a.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
JOHNSON (Samuel): - Boswell
(James).
Dr. Johnson’s Table-Talk: containing aphorisms on
literature, life, and manners …
Printed for J. Mawman …,
1807.
Pages (6),209, (1): (4),222 and leaf of imprint,2 vols, large
12mo, bound in 1, recent paper boards: a very good copy.
An uncommon edition: it is not noted by Pottle. NSTC has BL and O.
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DENHAM (Sir John).
Poems and translations; with The
Sophy, a tragedy.
Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis,
1751. Pages 228, (3), (1, blank), (2, advertisements), large 12mo,
contemporary calf, with label, gilt: an attractive copy.
Gaskell 188. Stratman 1442.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
969
.
JOHNSON (Samuel).
Letters to and from the late Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. To which are added, some poems never before
printed. Published from the original mss. in her possession, by
Hester Lynch Piozzi.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. R. Moncrieffe, L.
White, P. Byrne … (vol two: Printed for Messrs. G. Burnet, R.
Moncrieffe …)
1788
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages xvi,279, (1, blank): ix, (1,
blank), 306,2 vols, 8vo, bound in 1, contemporary calf, gilt ruled
spine, with label, gilt: a very good to nice copy.
Fleeman 88. 3L/2. More elusive than the London first printing of the
same year. A collection which is still an important source for Johnson’s
relations with the Thrale circle and which, at the time, was the subject of
heated discussion in London society. Hannah More quoted Burke as
saying, in alusion to the many books being written about Johnson,
“How many maggots have crawled out of that great body!”
(2)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
970
.
JOHNSON (Samuel).
Letters to and from the late Samuel
Johnson, LL. D. To which are added, some poems never before
printed. Published from the original mss. in her possession, by
Hester Lynch Piozzi. In two volumes.
Printed for A. Strahan; and
T. Cadell,
1788
FIRST EDITION, pages (2), xv, (1, blank), 391, 390(bis) - 397,
(1, blank): xi, (1, blank), 424, complete thus, though without the
errata slip sometimes found,2 vols, 8vo, contemporary tree calf,
gilt ruled spines, with labels, gilt: an attractive copy, both
volumes inscribed in a contemporary hand “Romaine / Trinity.
“
Fleeman 88. 3L/1. A collection which is still an important source for
Johnson’s relations with the Thrale circle and which, at the time, was
the subject of heated discussion in London society. Hannah More
quoted Burke as saying, in alusion to the many books being written
about Johnson, “How many maggots have crawled out of that great
body!”
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
971
.
JOHNSON (Samuel).
The Works of the English Poets,
from Chaucer to Cowper; including the series edited, with
prefaces, biographical and critical, by Dr. Samuel Johnson: and
the most approved translations. The additional lives by
Alexander Chalmers, F. S. A. In twenty-one volumes.
Printed for
J. Johnson …. (by C. Whittingham),
1810
FIRST EDITION THUS,21 vols, roy 8vo, strongly and
handsomely bound in full contemporary brown calf, gilt
bordered sides, attractive gilt lettered and decorated spines: with
some severe wear at the lower outer corners of some boards and
a very small patch of wear at the foot of one spine, but all
bindings sound and strong without a single weak inner or outer
joint, outwardly most attractive on the shelf and internally in
quite fresh state.
A most handsome set of this enlarged edition of a key collection - the
‘Lives’ remaining an achievement beyond the correctness of its critical
evaluations.
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€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
972
.
JOHNSON: - Hamilton (Wm. Gerard).
Parliamentary
logick: to which are subjoined two speeches, delivered in the
House of Commons of Ireland, and other pieces; by …William
Gerard Hamilton. With an appendix, containing considerations
on the corn laws, by Samuel Johnson … Never before printed.
Printed by C. and R. Baldwin, for Thomas Payne,
1808
FIRST EDITION, with a portrait, pages xlvi,253, (1), 8vo,
original boards, edges uncut: with a very small closed tear in the
blank margin of the portrait and the spine worn and crudely
repaired but strong: a very good, uncut, binding copy.
C & S 111. Edited by Edmund Malone. Johnson’s ‘Considerations’,
written in 1766 to help his young friend and protégé Hamilton but never
published, were discovered amongst Hamilton’s papers when they were
being edited by Malone. Written at a time when corn was very dear and
riots had occurred, they “contain almost every thing that can be urged
in favour of the bounty. “ - McCulloch 67. The ‘Logick’ is made up of
over forty observations of parliamentary tactics and personalities. Also
included are Hamilton’s poetical works which had been privately printed
in a very limited edition in 1752. Kress B. 5371.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[COOKE (Thomas)].
A letter to
the Rt. Hon. Thomas Connolly, secretary to the Whig Club. To
which are added, the declarations and resolutions of that
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