JOHNSON, SAMUEL. The Vanity of Human Wishes, The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, Imitated. London: Printed for R. Dodsley...and Sold by M. Cooper 1749. 4to, brown morocco, g.e., by Riviere, small, skillful repairs to extreme gutters of title-page and last leaf, tiny tear touching a letter in title-page skilfully mended. FIRST EDITION of the first publication by Johnson to bear his name; p. 12 has press figure 2 and the catchword "When." Foxon J87; Rothschild 1233; Courtney-Smith, p. 22; Hayward 163. Bookplate of Geoffrey Ecroyd. (Milne)
JOHNSON, SAMUEL. The Vanity of Human Wishes, The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, Imitated. London: Printed for R. Dodsley...and Sold by M. Cooper 1749. 4to, brown morocco, g.e., by Riviere, small, skillful repairs to extreme gutters of title-page and last leaf, tiny tear touching a letter in title-page skilfully mended. FIRST EDITION of the first publication by Johnson to bear his name; p. 12 has press figure 2 and the catchword "When." Foxon J87; Rothschild 1233; Courtney-Smith, p. 22; Hayward 163. Bookplate of Geoffrey Ecroyd. (Milne)
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