Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
( Samuel JOHNSON ) PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
[Foreword by Herbert Cahoon].
NEAR FINE COPY
Published: Pierpont Morgan Library New York, 1959
Stock code: 8805
Price: £36.00
Roy. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with fine facsimile as frontispiece and 4 full-page facsimiles in the text; original wrappers printed in red, sewed as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy.
Excellent catalogue of an outstanding Johnsonian exhibition. Based primarily on the world-famous Hyde collection, the exhibition comprised 125 items. The portraits are annotated by Herman Liebert.