JOHNSON, Samuel: The Works, edited by John Hawkins.

London: J. Buckland, J. Rivington, T. Payne, et al. 1787, 1st.-collected edn. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Reynolds, half-title in volume II (frontispiece and early quires in vol.1 dampstained at lower margin; vols. VII and IX dampstained, title to vol. XI a little damaged, library stamp on verso of frontispiece and titles). UNCUT IN ORIGINAL GREY BOARDS (rebacked in green cloth, preserving original paper labels, some soiling, upper cover of vol. II with fragment torn away; PLUS: Gibbon, Edward: The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, in 12 Vols. Thomas Tegg for W. Allason, et al. 1816. 8vo. Original boards and paper labels, covers rubbed. (23)

Provenance:

From the library of Michael Kuczynski