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JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784.
Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1765.

5 December 2019, 10:00 EST
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JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784.

Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1765.
8vo (196 x 126 mm). 20th century tan calf gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Corners rubbed, light browning and spotting.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Johnson's preface to his influential annotated Shakespeare. Chapman & Hazen 148; Courtney & Smith p 107; Rothschild 1249.

WITH: LILLO, GEORGE. 1691-1739. The London Merchant: or, the History of George Barnwell. London: J. Gray, 1731.
8vo (195 x 121 mm). Disbound. Light staining and spotting. FIRST EDITION of Lillo's moral tale, first performed at Drury Lane the same year.

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