THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES P.EYUOLXIS 1773. HOLLEKINS 1781 REPRESENTATIVE TYPES OF JOHNSON PORTRAITS. 188. CATALOGUE of an Exhibition, Samuel Johnson, rrolier Club, 1909 ; Collection of John Anderson, Jr., Great Tasters. Large Paper, 1916; John ]\Iilton Facsimiles. Lon- 3n, 1908; Four Quarto Editions of Shakespeare (Sidney ice). Stratford, 1908; and 5 others. 9 pieces, 8vo to folio, .'rappers. CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATIVE OF THE BICENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF Samuel Johnson (1709-1909). Held at The Grolier Club, New York, From November il until December 11, i CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATIVE OF THE BICENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF Samuel Johnson (1709-1909); Consisting of ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF HIS PUBLISHED WORKS, SPECIAL PRESENTATION COPIES, AND SEVERAL OF HIS ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS; Together with a large number of Engraved Portraits after the pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds, James Barry, John Opie, Francesco BARTOLozzi,and others. Held at The Grolier Club, New York, From November 11 until December ij, ipop. ^^ /? Foreword Samuel Johnson was born on Sep- tember 1 8, 1709, in the town of Lichfield, and died in London on De- cember 13, 1784. His active life covers a period between two great eras of English literature, for, when he first arrived in London in 1737, Pope and Swift, of the Augustan Age, were still living, and when he died, at the age of seventy-five, Words- worth and Scott were boys in their early teens. "The memory of other authors is kept alive by their works, but the memory of Johnson keeps many of his works alive," said Macaulay. With this thought in mind, it has been attempted to give to the present ex- hibition as personal a character as possible, calling attention by the cata- logue to the principal events connect- ing or associated with Dr. Johnson's 111 rr t^o.i-^i^r^ FOREWORD published works, which are shown here in chronological order. John- son himself remarked to Boswell that what he loved best in literature was the biographical part. Happily his biographer has made not only his personality but the details of his life so familiar to his friends that they need no repetition, but it is hoped that they may gain a renewed interest if recalled while examining the orig- inal editions of the books with which they are associated. The collection of first editions of Johnson's poetical and separate prose works is practically complete, the only important omissions being the Letter to Chesterfield and the Con- versation with King George III, both published by Boswell in 1790 for pur- poses of copyright, probably in very small editions. The Committee takes pleasure in being able to show the only known copy of the Prologue . . . spoken at the opening of Drury Lane Theatre (No. 12), as well as the iv FOREWORD first collected edition of the Poetical Works, 1785 (No. 39), the rarity of which has been the subject of re- cent letters to the Athenaum. No attempt has been made to exhibit all of the numerous works to which Dr. Johnson contributed prefaces, dedica- tions, etc., but a representative num- ber of them is seen. Some of the volumes gain addi- tional Interest through the author's presentation inscriptions to friends, and some are from his own library. As always, the manuscripts seem to bring us very near to the writer. The letters to Mrs, Thrale and Samuel Richardson (Nos. 21 and 62a) contain many allusions to the illustrious circle of which Dr. Johnson was the center; the Prayer and his own New Testament (Nos. 62 and 57), with Inserted pages in his hand- writing, bring to mind the religious side of his nature, while the Dodd letters (No. 59) bear witness to his ready sympathy. V FOREWORD The collection of engraved por- traits numbers one hundred and sev- enty-five, and is probably the largest ever seen at one time. As Boswell remarked on the propriety of dedi- cating his life of Johnson to "Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the inti- mate and beloved friend of that great man," so it is fitting that our famil- iarity with Dr. Johnson's features is largely through the portraits painted by his friend. Reproductions by many engravers of Reynolds's four great authentic types, as well as of the por- traits by Barry, Opie, Trotter and Bartolozzi, the bust by Nollekens, and the statue in St. Paul's Cathedral, are seen here, besides various other types having greater or less claims to au- thenticity. It is regretted that no re- production of the portrait by Miss Reynolds ("Johnson's grimly ghost") is shown, nor is the engraving by Finden of the miniature worn in a bracelet by Mrs. Johnson, but a print of much interest and apparent rarity vi FOREWORD Is after a drawing by N. Gardiner (No. 201), slightly resembling the Bartolozzi type. A word should be said of the typo- graphical appearance of the printed works, which are in Caslon old-style type, bearing the names of the fore- most printers of the day, but showing the same lack of care in presswork which characterizes most English books of that period, in striking contrast with the contemporaneous productions of the French press. John- son's relations with his booksellers, whom he called "generous, liberal minded men," were in general most friendly. Among them were Robert Dodsley, Thomas Cadell, William Strahan, Charles Dilly, at whose hos- pitable table Boswell had seen "a greater number of literary men than at any other except that of Sir Joshua Reynolds," and Andrew Millar, called by Johnson the "Maecenas of the age." The town of Lichfield, which John- vii FOREWORD son maintained was "the soberest, genteelest and best-spoken town in England," commemorated the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of its illustrious son by a celebration of several days' duration in September. The centenary of his death occurred in 1884, when memorial services were held at the Church of St. Clement Danes, which Dr. Johnson, in his life- time, attended. While most of the books, prints and manuscripts exhibited are owned by members of the Grolier Club, who, as always, have generously placed their collections at the disposal of the com- mittee for purposes of exhibition, the committee is glad to acknowledge also the kindness of Yale University Library, Columbia University Li- brary, Mr. H. E. Widener, Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach and Mr. P. H. Rosenbach. Vlll CATALOGUE THE WORKS OF JOHNSON 1 A Voyage To Abyssinia. By Father Jerome Lobo, A Portuguese Jesuit. . . . With a Continuation of the His- tory of Abyssinia ... By Mr. Le- grand. From the French. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, and C Hitch at the Red-Lyon in Paternoster- Row. MDCCXXXV. Octavo, xii, 396 pages, 4 leaves. First edition. Translated by Johnson; his first pubh'shed prose work, for which Mr. Warren, a book- seller of Birmingham, gave him five guineas. Though "London" appears on the title-page, it was printed at Birmingham. This study of Abyssinia is supposed to have been the remote occasion of Johnson's writing Rasselas, nearly twenty-five years later. 2 London: A Poem, In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal. [Quo- 3 BICENTENARY OF tatlon] London: Printed for R. Doddesley \_sic^, at Tully's Head in Pall-MaU. MDCCXXXVIIL Folio. 19 pages. First edition. Uncut copy, from the collection of Frederick Locker- Lampson. London was published fourteen months after Johnson left Lichfield to try his fortunes in London, and was intended partly as an at- tack upon the ministry of Walpole. It ap- peared in May, 1738, on the same day as Pope's Seventeen Hundred and Thirty-eight (now known as The Epilogue to the Satires), and won Pope's hearty commendation. It was offered to Edward Cave, but finally published by Dodsley, who gave ten guineas for the copyright. Two editions appeared in the space of a week. {The two are bound together in the present volume.) 2a Another copy. 3 London . . . The Second Edition. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . MDCCXXXVIIL Folio. 19 pages. Second edition. Uncut copy. {Bound with No. 2.) 4 SAMUEL JOHNSON 4 London . . . The Fifth Edition. London: Printed by E. Cave at St John's Gate, and sold by R. Dodsley in Pallmall, 1750. Price i s. Where may be had, Price i s. The Vanity of Human Wishes . . . by the same Author. Quarto. 23 pages. Fifth edition. On the inside front cover is the presentation inscription: "Ex dono Authoris Anna WiUiams." This Miss Williams was the daughter of a Welsh physician. She came to London to be cured of a disease of the eyes; but the opera- tion failed and she became a member of John- son's household. According to Macaulay, Miss Williams's recommendations to Dr. Johnson were her blindness and her poverty; but Boswell, who disliked her for her "pee- vishness," admits that she was a woman of more than ordinary talents. To Mrs. Mon- tagu, Johnson wrote of Miss Williams: "Thirty years and more she has been my com- panion, and her death has left me very deso- late." At Johnson's suggestion, David Gar- rick gave a benefit performance for her; and she received a small annuity from Mrs. Mon- tagu. 5 BICENTENARY OF 5 Marmor Norfolciense : Or An Es- say On An Ancient Prophetical In- scription, In Monkish Rhyme, Lately Discover'd near Lynn in Norfolk. By Probus Britanicus. [Printer's or- nament] London: Printed for J. Brett at the Golden-Ball, opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand. MDCCXXXIX. Octavo. 55 pages. First edition. Uncut copy. A satire against the Hanoverian dynasty, de- scribed by Pope as "very Humerous"; re- printed by a political adversary to annoy the author after he had accepted a pension from the king. The pension, however, was not political, but was specially stated to have been conferred for Dr. Johnson's services to literature. "It is true," said he, "I cannot now curse the House of Hanover, nor would it be decent for me to drink King James's health, in the wine that King George gives me the money to pay for. But, sir, I think that the pleasure of cursing the House of Hanover, and drinking King James's health, are amply compensated for by three hundred pounds a year." 6 Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae 6 SAMUEL JOHNSON . . . Londini: Apud Thomam Os- borne. MDCCXLIII[-F]. Five vol- umes. Octavo. First edition. "In 1742 Johnson was employed by Thomas Osborne, a bookseller, to catalogue the library of Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford. Osborne, treating Johnson with insolence, was knocked down for his pains ... A folio Sep- tuagint of 1594 was shown at a bookseller's shop in 1 812 as the weapon with which the deed was performed." The library was brought together by Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, the greatest collector of his time, and augmented by his son, the second Earl. On his death it fell to his daughter, who sold the printed books to Thomas Osborne for about £13,000. The manuscripts were purchased by Parlia- ment and placed in the British Museum. Johnson's Account of the Harleian Library (pp. 1-8) begins with an apology for solicit- ing subscriptions for a catalogue of books ex- posed to sale, and ends with a plea to Eng- lishmen to prevent their sale into a foreign country. Johnson's preface to the catalogue is in the third volume. William Oldys, who edited the Harleian Miscellany, for which Johnson wrote a preface, was also employed on the catalogue. 7 BICENTENARY OF / 7 An Account Of The Life Of Mr Rich- ard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers. [Printer's ornament] London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick- Lane. M.DCC.XLIV. Octavo. Two leaves, i8o pages, one leaf. First edition. The eccentric Savage, with whom Dr. John- son had a strange friendship, died in August, 1743, and Johnson's description of his life ap- peared in February of the following year. According to Boswell, the book was composed with great rapidity, forty-eight octavo pages being written at a sitting. It is in part auto- biographical, as Johnson shared with Savage many of the miseries which he described. The last leaf contains an announcement of the publication "in a few days" of the Life of Barretter. Other editions appeared in 1748, 1767, and 1769. 8 An Account Of The Life Of John Philip Barretier, Who was Master of Five Languages at the Age of Nine Years. Compiled from his Father's Letters, &c. [Printer's ornament] London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick lane. 1744- [Price Six- 8 SAMUEL JOHNSON pence.] Octavo. One leaf, 28 pages. First separate edition. One of Johnson's early contributions to the Gentlevian's Magazine, where it appeared in 1740-42. About 1838, he was engaged by Edward Cave, its editor, as a regular con- tributor to the Gentleman's Magazine, which for many years was his chief source of em- ployment. 9 Boulter's Monument. A Panegyrical Poem, Sacred to the Memory Of . . . Dr. Hugh Boulter; Late Lord Arch- bishop of Ardmagh, and Primate of All Ireland. [Quotation] London: Printed by S. Richardson . . . MDCCXLV. Octavo. One leaf, 168 pages. First edition. By Dr. Samuel Madden; revised by Johnson, who quoted it in his Dictionary. It ends with the line: "DO GOOD like BOULTER." 10 Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth: With Remarks on Sir T. H's Edition of Shakespear, To which is affix'd, Proposals for a 9 BICENTENARY OF New Edition of Shakeshear[5iV] with a Specimen. London: Printed for E. Cave, at St John's Gate, and Sold by J . Roberts in Warwick-lane, Price IS. M.DCC.XLV. Duodecimo. Three leaves, 6i, 2 pages. First edition. Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition of Shakespeare had appeared in 1744. Johnson's Proposals were not actually published until 1756. f II The Plan Of A Dictionary Of The English Language; Addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. London: Printed for J . and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shew ell, C. Hitch, A. Millar, and R.Dodsley. MDCCXLVIL Quarto. One leaf, 34 pages. First edition. Large-paper copy, with page i in the first state, before Lord Chesterfield's name was printed in. Dodsley, Millar, the Longmans, and other 10 SAMUEL JOHNSON booksellers who undertook the enterprise of the Dictionary agreed to pay £1575 for the copyright, the amount including the entire preparation for the press. Johnson employed six amanuenses for the work, whom he paid from 23s. to £2 2s. per week. Although the Plan appeared in 1747, the laborious task was not finished until 1755 (see No. 20). Of the Plan it has been said: "Nothing could be more clear or scholarlike than the principles which he had laid down for carrying out his scheme, and he frequently illustrated his meaning, and showed the necessity of such a work, by pas- sages from the best-known authors." An octavo edition was published in the fol- lowing year. iia Another copy. Page i completed. 12 Prologue And Epilogue Spoken At The Opening Of The Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747. London: Printed by E. Cave at St John's Gate; sold by M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row, and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mali. M,DCC,XLVIL Quarto. 12 pages. First edition. The only known copy. II BICENTENARY OF Garriclc and Lacy had jointly purchased the patent of Drury Lane Theatre, and it was opened on September 15, in honor of which occasion a special Prologue by Johnson and Epilogue by Garrick were prepared. Garrick spoke the Prologue, and Mrs. Woffington the Epilogue. In October, Edward Cave an- nounced in the General Advertiser and Gentleman's Magazine the issue at sixpence of the Prologue and Epilogue in pamphlet form, but a copy was not known to exist until the owner of the present one discovered it in a volume of pamphlets labeled Miscellaneous Poetry, which he had purchased. ''Garrick, criticizing Johnson's line on Shakespeare — 'And panting time toiled after him in vain' Johnson called him a prosaical rogue, and said: 'The next time I write, I '11 make both time and space pant.' " 13 Samuel Johnson's Prologue Spoken at The Opening Of The Theatre In Drury-Lane In 1747 WithGarrick's Epilogue A Facsimile of the hith- erto undiscovered first edition With Preface By Austin Dobson And In- troduction And Notes By A. S. W. Rosenbach New York Dodd, Mead 12 SAMUEL JOHNSON And Company MCMIL Folio, xxiv, 12 pages. One of thirty copies on Japan paper, in facsimile of the first edition. 1 14 Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal In Drury-Lane. By Mr. Samuel Johnson. [Printer's ornament] London: Printed for R. Dodsley at TiiUy's-head Pall-mall and sold by M. Cooper in Pater- noster-Row. MDCCXLIX. Octavo. Four leaves, 86 pages. First edition. Uncut copy. Three acts of Irene were written at Edial Hall, and when his school there collapsed and he set out for London with David Garrick, his former pupil, Johnson's only fixed plan was to get his play produced upon the stage. It was offered to Fleetwood, the patentee of Drury Lane, but was declined to Johnson's great mortification, and did not make its ap- pearance upon the stage until produced under the title of Mahomet and Irene, on February 6, 1749, by Garrick, then manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Garrick played De- metrius, and gave the part of Mahomet to the celebrated Mr. Barry to ensure his inter- 13 BICENTENARY OF est in the performance. Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Cibber played the parts of Irene and Aspasia, and Johnson himself appeared in a side-box in a scarlet waistcoat and gold-laced hat. Although the play was felt to be a fail- ure, and was produced for only nine nights, Johnson received, for the three author's nights and copyright, nearly three hundred pounds, which was more than any of his other writ- ings had brought him. The humorous epi- logue was written by Sir William Yonge, sec- retary-at-war under Walpole. A second edition of Irene appeared in 1754,. and others in 1781 and 1796 {Bell's British Theatre, vol. 25). 15 Another issue of the first edition, with the half-title differently set up, and an additional leaf with list of "Books printed for R. Dodsley." 16 Irene . . . Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, For G. and A. Ewing . . . Booksellers. MDCCXLIX. Duo- decimo. 71 pages. The pirated Irish edition. From the collections of Col. F. R. C. Grant and Frederick Locker-Lampson. 14 SAMUEL JOHNSON 17 The Vanity of Human Wishes. The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, Imitated By Samuel Johnson. [Printer's orna- ment] Lofidon: Printed for R. Dods- ley at Tiilly's Head in Pali-Mall, and Sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row. M.DCC.XLIX. Quarto. 28 pages. First edition. Uncut copy. The finest of Dr. Johnson's poems, profoundly admired by Byron and Sir Walter Scott. It was written at Hampstead, where Dr. and Mrs. Johnson passed a part of the summer of 1748 on account of the latter's failing health. It is said that Johnson composed seventy lines in one day before writing them down. He received only fifteen guineas for the copyright, but in this and subsequent agreements he re- served a right to print one edition for himself. 17a Another copy. 18 The Rambler. [Quotation, Printer's ornament] London: Printed for J. Payne, and J. Bouquet, in Pater-nos- ter-row, M.DCC.LI. Two volumes. Folio. 15 BICENTENARY OF First edition, as published in parts, from Tuesday, March 20, 1749-50, to Saturday, March 17(14?), 1752. During the thirty-five years intervening be- tween the last number of the Spectator and the first of the Rambler, various attempts had been made to rival Addison — the Lay Monastery, the Censor, the Freethinker, the Plain Dealer, the Champion, and others, — but none of them obtained a permanent place in literature. From the first the Rambler w^as enthusiastically admired by Richardson and other eminent men, though coldly received by the public at large. The sale amounted to less than five hundred copies at twopence a num- ber, but when the numbers were collected and reprinted they became popular, and ten editions (1250 copies each) were published in London alone during the author's lifetime. The only numbers which Johnson did not write are 10, 30, 97 (by Samuel Richardson), 44, and 100. While the last Rambler (No. 208) was being written Mrs. Johnson was very ill, and three days after its publication she died, a loss which Johnson felt most keenly. 19 The Rambler . . . London: Printed for J. Payne, at Pope's Head . . . 16 SAMUEL JOHNSON M.DCC.LII. Six volumes. Duo- decimo. First collected edition. Uncut copy. 20 A Dictionary Of The English Lan- guage: In Which The Words are deduced from their Originals, And Illustrated in their Different Signifi- cations By Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, A History of the Language, And An English Grammar. By Samuel John- son, A. M. In Two Volumes . . . [Quotation] London, Printed by W . Strahan, For J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley. MDCCLV. Two vol- umes. Folio. First edition. The Dictionary appeared on April 15, I755> after eight years of enormous labor (see also Plan of a Dictionary, 1747, No. II). It was sold at ±4 4s. for the two bound folio vol- umes. In February of the same year John- 17 BICENTENARY OF son had received the degree of M.A. from Oxford University, and it was thought de- sirable that these letters appear on the title- page of the Dictionary^ which at once took its place as a standard authority and went rapidly through several editions. An abridg- ment by Johnson appeared in 1756. The Plati of a Dictionary had been dedicated to Lord Chesterfield, who wished to appear also as the patron of the Dictionary, and to that object wrote two papers in the World recom- mending the work. But Johnson was too in- dignant at Chesterfield's previous neglect to accede to this desire, and wrote the Earl that dignified letter on the subject, which is one of the finest productions of his pen, styled by Carlyle "the far-famed blast of doom, pro- claiming ... to the listening world that pa- tronage should be no more." The most obvi- ous defect of the Dictionary is said to be in its derivations, while the illustration of the uses of words is its most valuable feature. Johnson read through the books which he considered authorities, marking the words which he intended to use as illustrations. The sentences containing these words were then copied on slips by his clerks, and pasted into an interleaved copy of Nathan Bailey's Dic- tionary, definitions and etymologies being added from other authorities. The work was done in a house in Gough Square, which Car- 18 SAMUEL JOHNSON lyle visited and described. Although it in- creased his reputation, the success of the Dictionary did not relieve Johnson's poverty, as the £1575 which the booksellers agreed to pay had been advanced and spent before the work was completed. During the following year he was rescued from the debtors' prison by his friend, Samuel Richardson. 21 Another copy, uncut. From Mrs. Thrale's collection, with an auto- graph letter of three pages from Johnson to Mrs. Thrale inserted. The letter is dated October 24, 1778, and ap- pears as No. 193 of Mrs. Thrale's edition of Johnson's Letters, beginning, "Dearest Lady," and ending, "I have known Worthington long, and to die is dreadful. I believe he was a very good man. I am, &c. Sam: Johnson." 22 Christian Morals: By Sir Thomas Browne . . . The Second Edition. With A Life Of The Author, By Samuel Johnson; And Explanatory Notes. London: Printed by Richard Hett, For J. Payne, at Pope's Head, inPater-NostevRow. M DCC LVI. 19 BICENTENARY OF Duodecimo. Two leaves, Ixi, 136 pages. Second edition of Christian Mor- als; first edition of the Life. The first edition of Christian Morals ap- peared in 1716, thirty-four years after the death of the author. 23 The Prince Of Abissinia. A Tale. In Two Volumes . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and TV. Johnston, in Lud- gate-Street. M DCC LIX. Two vol- umes. Octavo. First edition. The Prince of Abissinia, better known as Rasselas, appeared early in April, 1759, within a few days of Voltaire's Candide, to which it is sometimes likened. Johnson received £100 for the copyright, and £25 in addition on the appearance of the second edition in the same year. It was written in the evenings of one week to meet the expenses of his mother's last illness and funeral. She died in Lichfield, at the age of ninety, and was deeply mourned by her son. His lines in The Vanity of Human Wishes descriptive of a placid old age — 20 SAMUEL JOHNSON "An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away" — are thought to refer to his mother, who was then in her eightieth year. It reached a fifth edition in 1775, and has been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Bengalee, Hungarian, Polish, modern Greek, and Spanish. A facsimile re- print of the first edition was published in 1884. 24 The Prince Of Abissinia . . . The Second Edition. London : Printed for R.andJ.Dodsley . . . M DCC LIX. Two vokimes. Duodecimo. Second edition. On the fly-leaf is Dr. Johnson's autograph inscription: 'To Mrs. Percy from the Authour Sam : Johnson." Mrs. Percy was the wife of Bishop Percy, the antiquarian, an early friend of Johnson.. Bishop Percy has recorded that, as a boy, Johnson was immoderately fond of reading romances of chivalry, a fondness which he re- tained through life, attributing partly " to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession." 21 BICENTENARY OF 25 Two Satires. By Samuel Johnson, A. M. [Printer's ornament] Ox- ford, At the Clarendon Printing House, M.DCC.LIX. Octavo. 35 pages. The satires are London and The Vanity of Human Wishes. The text of this Oxford edition, which is revised, was used in the edi- tion of Johnson's Poems of 1785. 26 The Idler, In Two Volumes. [Quota- tions] . . . London, Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard. MDCCLXI. Two volumes. Duodecimo. First collected edition. Macaulay says that the Idler may be de- scribed as the second part of the Rambler, somewhat livelier and somewhat weaker than the first part. The first number appeared on April 15, 1758, in Newbery's Universal Chronicle, and the last on April 5, 1760. Twelve of the 103 numbers were contributed by friends. The character of Jack Whirler has been identified with John Newbery, the bookseller, and the writer pictured himself under the name of Sober. The forty-first number describes the death of Johnson's 22 SAMUEL JOHNSON mother. Johnson's two thirds of the profits of the sale of this first collected edition amounted to £84 2s. 4d. Other editions ap- peared in 1795 and I799- 27 An Enquiry Into The Nature and Origin Of Literary Property. [Prin- ter's ornament] London: Printed for PFilliam Flexney, near Gray's-Inn- Gate,Holborn. M.DCC.LXIL Oc- tavo. One leaf, 39 pages. First edition. This has been ascribed to Johnson, and also to Bishop Warburton. 28 Mr. Johnson's Preface To his Edi- tion of Shakespear's Plays. [Printer's ornament] London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Riv- ington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, T. Longman, W . John- ston, T. Caslon, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and the Executors of B. Dodd. M,DCC,LXV. Octavo. Ixxii pages. First edition. Bound by Francis Bedford. 23 BICENTENARY OF Although described by him as in the press in 1757, Johnson's edition of Shakespeare was not brought out until October, 1765. A sneering allusion to the subscriptions which he had received and spent is supposed to have hastened its appearance, though only after re- peated exhortations from Reynolds and his other friends, and fervent prayers and strug- gles on Johnson's part against his constitu- tional indolence and dislike of application. John Nichols says that he received £375 for the first edition (in eight volumes), and fioo for the second. The Preface sold at one shil- ling per copy. The period between the final number of the Idler and the publication of the Shakespeare was an interesting one in Johnson's life, though productive of little literary work. In 1762 he received his pension from George III, which not only enabled him to live indepen- dently and enter into a social life which he thoroughly enjoyed, but made it possible for him to relieve the want and distress of others, the sight of which always so aroused his sym- pathy. Henceforward his "intellectual activity found its chief outlet in conversation." In 1763 he was introduced to Boswell, and the following year saw the foundation of "The Club," the original nine members of which were Reynolds, Johnson, Edmund Burke, Dr. Nugent, Langton, Goldsmith, Chamier, Beau- 24 SAMUEL JOHNSON clerc, and Sir John Hawkins. It began by a weekl)^ supper in the Turk's Head, Gerrard Square, Soho, where it was held till 1783. Garrick and Boswell were not elected until 1773, and Charles James Fox a year later. In 1765 Johnson received the degree of LL.D. from Dublin, but it was not conferred upon him by Oxford until ten years later. His friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale was begun early in 1765, and he soon became al- most a member of their family, rooms being set aside for his use in their town houses and their country home at Streatham. » 29 The Good Natur'd Man : A Comedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal In Covent-Garden. By Mr. Gold- smith. London: Printed for W. Griffin, in Catharine-Street, Strand. M DCCLXVIII. Quarto, vl pages, one leaf, 74 pages, one leaf. First edition. The recto of the leaf following page 6 con- tains the Prologue. Written by Dr. Johnson: Spoken by Mr. Bensley. The play was produced on January 29, 1768, and was not an entire success. It is said that, when left alone at the Club with Johnson after the play, Goldsmith burst into 25 BICENTENARY OF tears and swore that he would never write again. 30 The False Alarm. [Printer's orna- ment] London : Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXX. Octavo. One leaf, 53 pages. First edition. The first of Johnson's political pamphlets, written at the request of the ministry, but expressing his own settled convictions {see also Nos. 31-35). The False Alarm deals with the expulsion of John Wilkes from the House of Commons. Three editions are said to have appeared in two months. 31 Thoughts On The Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands. [Print- er's ornament] London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. MDCCLXXL Octavo. One leaf, 74 pages. First edition. This, the second of Johnson's political pamph- lets, was written in answer to a letter of Junius of January 30, 1770, and contains a description of the miseries of war, which Bos- 26 SAMUEL JOHNSON well calls "one of the finest pieces of elo- quence in the English language." The first edition contains a sneer at George Grenvilie, which caused its suppression by Lord North after some copies had been sold. 32 The Patriot. Addressed to the Elec- tors of Great Britain. [Quotation from Milton] The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. MDCCLXXIV. {Price 6 d.'\ Octavo. One leaf, 33 pages. Second edition. Written on behalf of Mr. Thrale, then can- didate for Southwaric at the general election. The first edition also appeared in 1774. 33 Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer To The Resolutions And Address Of The American Congress. [Printer's ornament] London: Printed for T. Cadell, hi TheStrand. MDCCLXXV. Octavo. One leaf, 91 pages. First edition. Ridiculing the American colonists for re- sisting the will of the mother country, whose supreme power the author asserts. Boswell 27 BICENTENARY OF quotes, from proof-leaves in his possession, passages which were struck out by Johnson or his revisers. Even the biographer confesses himself constrained to admit that his opinion of this pamphlet was unfavorable, "though congenial with the sentiments of numbers at that time." A fourth edition appeared the same year. 34 Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands, The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyr- anny. [Quotation] London: Printed for W . Strahan ; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXVL Octavo. Two leaves, 264 pages. First collected edition. The half-title of The False Alarm precedes the general title-page. 35 Another copy. From the Auchinleck collection; on the inside cover is Dr. Johnson's autograph inscription: "From the Author to Mr. Boswell." V 36 A Journey To The Western Islands Of Scotland. [Printer's ornament] 28 SAMUEL JOHNSON London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXV. One leaf, 384 pages, one leaf. First edition, containing matter suppressed in later editions. Uncut copy, bound by Francis Bedford. Johnson had long been interested in the Heb- rides, and was persuaded to make the journey there by Boswell, who offered to accompany him. They left Edinburgh on August i8, 1773, and encountered some hardships and even dangers during an absence of two months. Although it was the chief subject of conversation in literary circles at the time of its appearance, the book is of less interest to-day than Boswell's lively account of the same journey, with its graphic descriptions of Johnson himself upon his travels {see No. 48). An Irish edition also appeared in 1775, and other editions in 1791, 1792, and 1898. \/37 The Lives Of The Most Eminent English Poets ; With Critical Observa- tions On Their Works. By Samuel Johnson. In Four Volumes . . . London: Printed For C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W . Strahan, J. Riving- 29 BICENTENARY OF ton and Sons . . . M DCC LXXXI. Four volumes. Octavo. Portrait. First separate edition. First published under the title of Prefaces in 1779-81 as a portion of a series of works of the English poets in 68 volumes. When the agreement for these prefaces was made with the booksellers, they asked Johnson to name his price, which he set at two hundred guineas, though £200 was afterwards added. The choice of the poets was made by the booksellers, though Blackmore, Watts, Pom- fret, and Yalden were added on Johnson's advice. The volumes include a reprint of the life of Savage, and a life of Young by Sir Herbert Croft. The Lives constituted John- son's last great literary work. He died three years after their completion. The portrait is by T. Trotter, after the Reynolds (1773) painting. 38 The Life Of The Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. By Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. With Notes. Containing Animadver- sions And Additions. To Which Are Subjoined, A distinguishing Feature of the Doctor's Character, omitted by his Biographers; An authentic Ac- 30 SAMUEL JOHNSON count of his last Sentiments on the Trinity; and A Copy Of A Manu- script of his never before published. [Quotation] London: Printed For J. F. And C. Rivington . . . And J. Buckland . . . MDCCLXXXV. Oc- tavo. Eight leaves, 128 pages. First separate edition. Uncut copy. The Life (pp. 2-29) is extracted from the Lives of the Poets. Johnson stated that the poems of Watts were inserted in the collection ' to which the Lives formed prefaces by his recommendation. 39 The Poetical Works Of Samuel John- son, LL.D. Now First Collected In One Volume. G K [in cypher] Lon- don. Printed For The Editor, And Sold By G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1785. [Price Two Shillings And Six Pence.] Octavo, viii, 196 pages. First collected edition. Attention has been lately drawn, througli contributions to the Athenceum, to the ex- treme rarity of this volume; and its contents, as well as those of the 1805 edition, are given 31 BICENTENARY OF in the numbers of that periodical for Septem- ber II and i8, 1909. Another edition, styled "A new edition," appeared the same year (1785), with the fol- lowing imprint: London Printed for W. Os- borne and T. Griffin in Si. Paul's Church- yard; and J. Mosley, Gainsborough 178^. 40 The Poetical Works of Samuel John- son, collated with the best editions: By Thomas Park, Esq. F.S.A, Lon- don Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles JVhittingham . . . For John Sharpe . . . 180^. Octavo. 89 pages. The list of contents is more extended in this edition, but Irene is omitted. 41 Prayers And Meditations, Composed By Samuel Johnson, LL.D. And Pub- lished From His Manuscripts, By George Strahan, A.M. . . . London: Printed For T. CadeU,In The Strand. MDCCLXXXV. Octavo, xvi, 227, [i] pages.^ ^ First edition. In his preface Mr. Strahan states that Dr. 32 SAMUEL JOHNSON Johnson had for many years observed cer- tain days (New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter, the anniversary of his wife's death and his own birthday) with religious solem- nity, on which it was his custom to com- pose suitable prayers and meditations, com- mitting them to writing without any view to their publication. The summer before his death, being urged by Dr. Adams, Master of Pembroke College, to publish them, he con- sented, but his failing health prevented his carrying out his intention, and he entrusted the task to George Strahan. "That the authenticity of this work," says the publisher, "may never be called in question, the original manuscript will be deposited in the library of Pembroke College in Oxford. Dr. Bray's associates are to receive the profits of the First Edition, by the Author's appointment; and any further advantages that accrue, will be distributed among his relations." The last page contains an announcement of the "speedy" publication of a complete edi- tion of the Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. This appeared in 1787-89, edited by Hawkins. A second edition of the Prayers and Medi- tations was issued in 1785. 2 Debates In Parliament. By Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In Two volumes . . . 33 BICENTENARY OF London: Printed for John Stockdale . . . M,DCC,LXXXVIL Two vol- umes. Octavo. First collected edition. Uncut copy. The debates by Johnson were first published in the Gentleman's Magazine from July, 1741, to March, 1744. His "employment upon the parliamentary debates began about 1738, when they were given, with fictitious names, as debates in the 'Senate of Lilliput.' They were written by William Guthrie, and only corrected by Johnson at this period." , 43 Letters To And From The Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To Which Are Added Some Poems Never Be- fore Printed. Published From The Original MSS. Li Her Possession, By Hester Lynch Piozzi. In Two Vol- umes . . . London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand. M DCC LXXXVIIL Two volumes. Octavo. First edition. A large proportion of the letters are from Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Thrale, and cover a 34 SAMUEL JOHNSON period from August 13, 1765 (six months after their first meeting), to July 8, 1784? when he expresses his grief at her marriage to Mr. Piozzi, and his gratitude for "that kindness which soothed twenty years of a life radically wretched." The Poems are Verses addressed to Dr. Lawrence and Translations from Boethius, in some of which he was assisted by Mrs. Thrale. The last of the letters is addressed to Mr. Sastres from Lichfield, November i, 1784. Two weeks later Dr. Johnson returned to London, where he died peacefully and with- out pain on December 13, in his seventy-sixth year. 44 A Sermon, Written By The Late Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. For The Funeral Of His Wife. Published By The Rev. Samuel Hayes, A.M. . . . London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. MDCCLXXXVIII. Octavo. Three leaves, 18 pages. First edition. Mrs. Johnson was the widow of Henry Porter, a mercer of Birmingham. Her mar- riage to Johnson took place on July 9, I735> and, although twenty years her junior, his 35 BICENTENARY OF affection for her was deep and lasting. She died on March 17, 1752. Although written by Johnson to be delivered at her funeral by Dr. Taylor, the sermon was not preached, and did not appear in print until four years after the writer's death. The editor's note states that the sermon came into his hands on the death of Dr. Taylor. The verso of leaf 3 contains Cadell's adver- tisement of Mrs. Piozzi's edition of Dr. John- son's Letters, and the fourth edition of her Anecdotes. 45 An Account Of The Life Of Dr. Samuel Johnson, From His Birth To His Eleventh Year, Written By Him- self. To Which Are Added, Original Letters To Dr. Samuel Johnson, By Miss Hill Boothby: From the MSS. preserved by the Doctor. London: Printed For Richard Phillips . . . 180^. Duodecimo. viii, [9]-i44 pages. First edition, with memorandum in Johnson's handwriting inserted. Miss Hill Boothby was for many years Dr. Johnson's friend. The Account is thought to be authentic. 36 SAMUEL JOHNSON 46 A Collection Of Epitaphs And Monu- mental Inscriptions . . . To which is prefixed, An Essay On Epitaphs. By Dr. Johnson. Two volumes . . . London: Printed For Lackington, Allen, ^ Co . . . 1806. Two Vol- umes. Octavo. First edition. Large-paper copy. Johnson's essay was written in 1740, when he also wrote the very beautiful Epitaph on PhillipSj a Musician. 47 The Works Of Samuel Johnson. Lit- erary Club Edition. Pafraets Book Company, Troy, New York, [/poj] Sixteen volumes. Octavo. 37 JOHNSONIANA 48 BOSWELLJames. TheJoiirnalOfA Tour To The Hebrides, With Samuel Johnson, LL.D. By James Boswell, Esq. Containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson ... A Series of his Conversation . . . With An Au- thentic Account Of The Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II. in the Year 1746 . . . London: Printed By Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly, In The Poultry. MDCCLXXXV. Octavo, vii, [i], 524 pages, one leaf. First edition. A second edition appeared during the same year, and a third in 1786. {See also No. j6.) 49 The Life Of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending An Account Of HisStudies And Numerous Works, In Chronological Order; A Series Of His Epistolary Correspondence And Conversations With Many Emi- 38 SAMUEL JOHNSON nent Persons; And Various Original Pieces Of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Ex- hibiting A View of Literature And Literary Men In Great-Britain, For Near Half A Century, During Vv^hich He Flourished. In Two Volumes. By James Boswell, Esq. [Quotation] . . . London : Printed By Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly, In The Poultry. M DCC XCI. Two volumes. Quarto. Portrait, two plates of facsimile. First edition. Uncut copy, from the collection of R. T. Hamilton- Bruce. Besides writing his description of the tour to the Hebrides, Boswell had already edited, in 1790, Johnson's Letter to the Earl of Ches- terfield, and A Conversation between His Most Sacred Majesty George HI and Samuel Johnson. He spent an immense amount of time and labor upon the Life, and even then confessed that he was in bad spirits, fearing that the public might be disappointed. The work appeared in May, 1791, and was sold at two guineas. Before the end of August, 1200 of the 1700 copies were disposed of, and within the year the whole edition was ex- 39 BICENTENARY OF hausted. A second edition, with eight addi- tional sheets, was issued in July, 1793. The portrait which forms the frontispiece of the first volume is engraved by James Heath, after Sir Joshua Reynold's portrait of 1756, owned by Boswell. The facsimiles of Dr. Johnson's handwriting and a Round Robin addressed to Samuel Johnson are en- graved by H. Shepherd. 50 The Life Of Samuel Johnson, LL.D ... In Three volumes. The Second Edition, Revised And Aug- mented. Byjames Boswell, Esq . . . London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly, In The Poultrv. MDCCXCIIL Three volumes. Oc- tavo. Portrait. Second edition. On the fly-leaf is Boswell's autograph inscription: "To Mrs. Williams Badshot Place from her much obliged humble servant The Author." The portrait in this edition is engraved by Baker. 40 SAMUEL JOHNSON 51 The Principal Corrections And Additions To The First Edition Of Mr. Boswell's Life Of Dr. Johnson. London: Printed By Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly In The Poultry. MDCCXCIIL Quarto. One leaf, 42 pages. First edition. This is sometimes found bound up with the second edition, 1793. Pages 38-42 contain J Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 52 A Catalogue Of The Valuable Li- brary of Books, Of the late learned Samuel Johnson, Esq; LL.D. De- ceased; Which will be Sold by Auc- tion, (By Order of the executors) By Mr. Christie, At his Great Room in Pall Mall, On Wednesday, February 16, 1785, And Three Following Days . . . Catalogues may be had as above. Octavo. 28 pages. One of 150 copies, in facsimile of the original catalogue, reprinted for the meeting of the Johnson Club at Oxford, June 11, 1892. 41 BICENTENARY OF 53 Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Or, Con- versations Of The Late Samuel John- son, L.L.D. On A Variety Of Useful And Entertaining Subjects . . . Lon- don: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Rob- inson, Pater-Noster Row, ijS^. Oc- tavo, viii, 198 pages. 54 PIOZZI, Hester Lynch [Thrale]. Anecdotes Of The Late Samuel John- son, LL.D. During The Last Twenty Years Of His Life. By Hester Lynch Piozzi. London: Printed for T. Cadell In The Strand. MDCCLXXXVL viii, 306 pages, one leaf. Octavo. First edition. The Anecdotes were written two 3'ears prior to Mrs. Piozzi's edition of Dr. John- son's Letters. Although the book excited some ridicule, giving rise to Peter Pindar's Bozzy and Piozzi, and is "partly colored by a desire to defend her own conduct," it gives an interesting picture of Johnson; it closes with the following tribute: "I have spoken of his piety, his charity, and 42 SAMUEL JOHNSON his truth, the enlargement of his heart and the delicacy of his sentiments; and when I search for shadow to my portrait, none can I find but what was formed by pride, . . . yet never was pride so purified as Johnson's, at once from meanness and from vanity. The mind of this man was indeed expanded beyond the common limits of human nature, and stored with such variety of knowledge, that I used to think it resembled a royal pleasure- ground, where every plant, of every name and nation, flourished in the full perfection of their powers, and where, though lofty woods and falling cataracts first caught the eye, and fixed the earliest attention of beholders, yet neither the trim parterre nor the pleasing shrubbery, nor even the antiquated ever-greens, were denied a place in some fit corner of the happy valley." For manuscriptj see No. 63. 54aWOLCOTT, John (Peter Pindar). Bozzy and Piozzi, or The British Biographers . , . London, ij86. Quarto. First edition. Satirizing the preceding. 43 BICENTENARY OF ^^ Memoirs of ****. Commonly known by the Name of George Psal- manazar; A Reputed Native of For- mosa. Written by himself . . . Lon- don: Printed For The Executrix . . . MDCCLXIF. Octavo. One leaf, ii, 364 pages. Portrait. First edition. Copy given by Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Thrale, with mar- ginal notes in her handwriting; on the fly-leaf is written: "Given to H : L : Thrale "by Dr Sam : Johnson. "I suppose about the year 1770." This literary impostor, whose real name is not known, was said by Horace Walpole to have possessed more genius than Chatterton. Dr. Johnson met and often conversed with him in an Old Street ale-house, and believed thor- oughly in his "piety, penitence and virtue." Asked whether he ever contradicted him, Johnson replied: "I should as soon have thought of contradicting a bishop.'" For other presentation copies, see Nos. 4, 24 and 35. ^6 The Poems Of Mark Akenside,M.D. London, Printed By PF. Bowyer And 44 SAMUEL JOHNSON /. Nichols: And Sold By J. Dodsley . . . MDCCLXXII. Octavo, xii, 402 pages. First collected edition. Dr. John- son's copy, with his signature on the fly-leaf. "Johnson: I see they have published a splen- did edition of Akenside's works. One bad ode may be suffered; but a number of them makes one sick. Boswell: Akenside's distinguished poem is his 'Pleasures of the Imagination.' Johnson: Sir, I could not read it through." 57 [The New Testament. R. Jugge's edition of 1566, with woodcuts.] Quarto. Dr. Johnson's New Testament, imperfect, with the deficiencies sup- plied in his handwriting (four leaves) . Bought at the sale of Dr. Johnson's books, February 18, 1785. 45 MANUSCRIPTS 58 Series of seven autograph letters to Rev. Dr. Taylor, written from 1773 to 1784. [With notes by G. Birk- beck Hill.] Quarto. Size of written leaf, 8x6 inches. 1854 pages. The last letter, containing references to his illness, was written a few months before Dr. Johnson's death. 59 A collection of original manuscripts relating to the forgery of Dr. Wil- liam Dodd, twelve pieces being in Dr. Johnson's handwriting. Quarto. Papers of varying sizes. In 1778 Dr. William Dodd, clergyman, was condemned to death for forging the name of his pupil, Lord Chesterfield, on a bond for £4200. Through their common friend Ed- mund Allen, printer, Johnson worked hard for Dodd's pardon, writing letters, petitions, and addresses to be presented by Dodd, in his own or his wife's name, to the King, the Queen, and other important persons. John- 46 SAMUEL JOHNSON son took every care to conceal his own part in the attempt. This collection contains thirty-two manu- scripts relating to the affair. In Johnson's hand are: Dodd's Petition to the King; his Petition to the Lord Chancellor; his Declara- tion left with the Ordinary of Newgate; a Petition on his behalf from the City of Lon- don to the King (unpublished) ; Observations for the Press ; and letters from Johnson to Lady Harrington and Allen (unpublished). In Dodd's hand are ten letters to Allen (unpub- lished). There are besides two curious letters of exhortation to Dodd in prison from Metho- dist "enthusiasts," and various copies, in a neat hand (Allen's?), of original documents. The manuscripts give some reason to believe that they were preserved by Allen, into, or through, whose hands they had to pass, with the in- tention of publishing them soon after Dodd's death, before the popular excitement cooled. This plan seems to have given way before the remonstrance by letter (in this collection) of a friend of Dodd's. The collection was evi- dently used later by Sir John Hawkins in compiling the first, and in many respects the best, edition of Johnson's complete works (1787-89). 60 A Famous Forgery Being The Story Of "The Unfortunate" Doctor Dodd. 47 BICENTENARY OF By Percy Fitzgerald . . . London: Chapjuan And Hall . . . i86^. Oc- tavo. X, 246 pages. Book descriptive of the Dodd forgery. 61 The Life of Alexander Pope By Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Autograph. Being the Original Manuscript of the Preface to the Works of Pope. In Johnson's Edition Of The Enghsh Poets. Quarto. Size of written page, 8^x7 inches. 137 pages. Sixteen leaves at the end contain the addi- tions and quotations made by the author, placed in the order in which they are con- nected with the Life. A letter from Dr. Johnson concerning Pope is inserted. 62 A Prayer in Manuscript, dated Janu- ary 11, 1784. Quarto. Size of writ- ten page, 7x4 inches, i ^4 pages. A printed copy of this prayer, written the year of Dr. Johnson's death, hangs in his house in Lichfield. 62a Autograph letter from Dr. John- son to Samuel Richardson, dated Feb- 48 SAMUEL JOHNSON ruary 3, 1755. Quarto. Size of written page, 7x5^ Inches. Two pages. Accompanied by manuscript notes by George Birkbeck Hill, beginning: "I have no doubts that this letter was written to Samuel Rich- ardson." The letter begins: "If you have any parts of the Universal History yet unengaged I know a gentleman desirous of giving his assistance"; and ends with a postscript: "Pray favour me with an account of the translations of Clarissa which you have, I have a desire to borrow some of them." 62b Autograph letter from Dr. Johnson to Thomas Cadell, dated April 17 (probably 1781 or later). Duode- cimo. Size of written page, 5^ X3^ Inches. One page. Written in the third person, asking Mr. Cadell to order three sets of the Lives to be tied up separately and addressed to The Hon- ourable Warren Hastings, Esq., Governor- General of Bengal, Sir Robert Chambers, and Joseph Fowke, "and then let them all be put into one parcel, which Mr Johnson will send for tomorrow." Addressed, "Mr Cadel." 49 BICENTENARY OF SAMUEL JOHNSON 62c Dr. Johnson's small Diary, 1781- 1783. Twentyfourmo. Size of writ- ten page, 45^ X 3>4 inches. Five pages of manuscript. From the col- lection of Frederick Locker-Lampson. The first entry, made in the summer-house at Streatham, records the resolve "to pass eight hours every day in some serious em- ployment." 626. An unpublished autograph poem by Dr. Johnson. 63 Anecdotes of the Late Samuel John- son LL.D ... By Hester Lynch Piozzi. The original manuscript of Mrs. Piozzi's work, published in 1 786 (see No. 54). Folio. Size of writ- ten page, io>4 X 8 inches. 200 pages. Inserted, are two manuscript letters, one of four pages from Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Piozzi, dated August 5, 1775; the other, of three pages, from Mrs. Piozzi, dated June 9, 1820. Dr. Johnson's letter treats of the fact that years and experience do not always bring wis- dom. 50 PORTRAITS Dimensions are given in inches, the height being placed first. The measurements include only the engraved work, exclusive of inscrip- tions. 64 Anonymous.* Line. Four rectangular and two circular portraits, on one plate, showing six types, Reynolds 1756, Reynolds be- fore 1770, Reynolds 1773, Reynolds 1778, Barry about 1781, and Nolle- kins (sic) 1781; each portrait sur- rounded by single line, the whole, by three lines. Ins. above: Portraits of Samuel Johnson. Below: Sam John- son (in facsimile of autograph) Lon- don, John Murray, Albemarle Street. Circles, 2. Rectangles, 2 x i-^Ke. Full plate, 7% X 4%. *See also frontispiece of this catalogue. 51 BICENTENARY OF THE REYNOLDS (1756) TYPE Engravings after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted in 1756 (when Dr. Johnson was forty-seven years of age), representing him seated in a plaid-covered chair at a table on which are writing materials and Johnson's Dictionary; pen held in right hand: three- quarters length, facing slightly toward the observer's left. 6s J- Heath sculpt Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by single line. Ins : Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx^ 1756 . . . Samuel Johnson. From the original Picture in the Pos- session of James Boswell Esq. Pub- lish' d April 10, 1791, by C. Dilly. lVi X 5%. Frontispiece of the first edition of Boswell's Lije of Samuel Johnson, 1791. Vol. i. {See No. 49.) 66 D. Baker Sculpt Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by 52 SAMUEL JOHNSON line. Ins: . . . Samuel Johnson . . . Published April s, 1793, ^y C. Dilly. 4% X 3%. Frontispiece of the second edition of Boswell's Life, 1793. Vol. I. 67 Engraved by W. T. Fry. Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines. Ins : Samuel Johnson, L. L. D. Engraved by IF. T. Fry, from the original Picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Possession of James Boswell, Esqr. Published April 20th, 18 16, by T. Cadell ^ W. Davies, Strand. 4% X 3%- 68 Anonymous. Stipple. Portrait in rectangle. Proof before letters. 7% X 5%- 69 E. Mitchell sculpt Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by single line. Ins: Johnson. Edin- 53 BICENTENARY OF burgh Published by James Sawers, 1818. 70 Engraved by E. Mitchell. Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by- single and double lines. Ins : John- son. Engraved by E. Mitchell, from a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of James Boswell, Esq. 5^/4 X 4^6. 71 Robert Grave sculp. Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by single line; showing top of table and left hand only. Ins: Saml Johnson, LL. D. 4% X 3%. 72 Anonymous. Line. Portrait in rectangle. 3 X 2%6. 73 Anonymous. Stipple. Portrait in rectangle. Proof before letters, on India paper. 4 X 3Vi6. 54 SAMUEL JOHNSON 74 R. JoSEY. Mezzotint. Portrait in rectangle, with the lines of the coat and the position of the chair, which is covered with leather, slightly differing from the original. Ins: Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London Henry Graves &" Compy 6 Pall Mall, 1880. 5% X 4M.6. 75 Same plate. Proof on India paper, with no inscription save R. Josey under center of rectangle, and Samuel Johnson LL.D. at right, both in script. THE REYNOLDS TYPE, ABOUT 1770 Engravings after the portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds about the year 1770; half length, with collar open at the throat, no wig, and hands raised in a characteristic gesture; facing towards the observer's right. Out- lines of table at right of plate, with books and pen. 55 BICENTENARY OF 76 James Watson fecit. Mezzotint. Portrait in rectangle. Ins: . . . R. Sayer Excudit . . . i6x 13. Smith, 82, first state. 77 S W Reynolds Sculpt. Mezzotint. Portrait In rectangle. Ins : Z)'' John- son. Proof. 3% X 3%- From S. W. Reynolds's Series of Plates of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. 78 Same plate. Proof on India paper, with further inscription, H. G. ^ Co at foot of plate. 79 Same plate. A late impression. 80 Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong. Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by three lines; cut down to vignette, omitting hands, books, &c. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L L. D. . . . Lon- 56 SAMUEL JOHNSON don Piihd for the Proprietor, March, 1821 . . . Proof. Proof on India paper. From Walmsley's Physiognomical Por- traits, 1824. 8 1 Photogravure, inscribed : Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxf James IVatson fecit Samuel Johnson. 4% X 3%. THE HUMPHREY TYPE Engravings after a portrait by Ozias Hum- phrey; head very similar to the preceding type, facing tow^ard the observer's right. 82 Anonymous. Line. Vignette, in outline. 6% X ^V2. Penciled below portrait, "Private place N. D. Turner. Vol. 3." 83 Anonymous. Line. Portrait similar to the preceding, re- versed, on plate with bust of Johnson 57 BICENTENARY OF and a "portrait engraved after a cast taken from nature." 4x6M. From Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, 1789-98. THE REYNOLDS (1773) TYPE Engravings after the portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1773 (when Dr. Johnson was sixty-four years of age) ; half length, with curled wig and stock, showing left hand; turned slightly towards observer's left. 84 Engraved by Willm Doughty. Mezzotint. Portrait in rectangle. Ins . . . Samuel Johnson L. L. D. London Publish' d as the Act directs June Z/fth^ I779 by WiW^i Doughty No 4 Little Litchfield St Cavendish Square. 16 X 13. Smith, 2, second state. 85 Same plate. The fourth state, with inscription altered to . . . lygs, by 58 SAMUEL JOHNSON lohn Jones, Engraver, Great Port- land Street, Marylehone. [In lower right corner] Price J^ 6d. 86 Engraved by Jno Hall. Line. Reversed portrait in oval, in rectan- gular frame. At top of oval, branches and rosette. On tablet below oval: Samuel Johnson L.L.D. Ins: Piib- lish'd according to Jet of Parliament Feby i^t I779, by T. Cadell in the Strand. 4.Wm X 2W1Q. 87 T. Cook sculp. Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by one heavy and two light lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of B. Langton Esqi" Published as the Act directs August 2i^i 1786, by T. J^ongman in Pater- noster Row. From the Dictionary, 1785. (First edition with portrait.) 59 BICENTENARY OF 88 1. Heath, sculp. Line. A copy of the preceding. Ins : Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. . . . Published . . . Jany i^t I779> by T. N. Longman, in Paternoster Row. From the eighth edition of the Dictionary, 1799- It appears in the ninth edition, with the date changed to Juff. i, 1806. 89 S. Clayton sculpt Line. Another copy of No. 87. Ins : Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. . . . Engraved for Marchbank's New Edition of Dr. Johnson's English Dictionary. yVie X 8%6. 90 Barlow sculp. Line. Similar portrait. Ins: Samuel John- son, L.L.D . . . [plate cut down] yVie X 5^. 91 Engraved by T. Cook, by Permis- sion OF B. Langton . . . Line. Portrait in oval frame, within rec- tangle. At right and top of oval, 60 SAMUEL JOHNSON bulrushes and roses ; at foot, an over- turned water-jar. Ins. above : Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Below: London Printed for J. Bell British Library Strand April lytf' 1787. 5% X 3%6. 92 Anker Smith sculpt Line. Portrait in oval, surrounded by double lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. London Published Sepf i, 1802, by Longman ^ Rees Paternoster rozv. 3% X 2%. 93 I. Neagle SC. Line. Portrait similar to the preceding. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Pub- lished for Longman (^ Rees Pater- noster Row April 16, 180J. 3% X 2%6. 94 I. Neagle sc. Line. Similar portrait. Ins: Samuel John- son, L.L.D. Published for Long- man &' Co Deer 28th 1804. 3% X 2%6. 61 BICENTENARY OF 95 I. Neagle sc. Line. Similar portrait. Ins : Samuel John- son, L.L.D. Published for Longman & Co Fehy ist 1806. 96 I. Neagle sc. Line. Similar portrait. Ins : Samuel John- son, L.L.D. Published for Longman & Co June, 18 1 1. 3% X 2%. 97 Heath sculp Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D (in script) Published by Longman &' Co June lof^^ 1805. 5% X 4%o.- 98 Henry Cook sculp. Line. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Published for Longman ^ Co Feb. i, 1812. 2V2 X 2%. 62 SAMUEL JOHNSON 99 W. HoLL, SCULP7 Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. (script) Published by Long- man & Co Jugi I 1814. 6% X 5%- 100 Same plate. Proof before letters, on India paper. From the Dictionary, 1827. 1 01 Blood sc. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.J^.D. Published for Longman &" Co March yth 1818. 3%6 X 2%. 102 Anonymous. Line. Portrait in ov^al, surrounded by single line. Ins : Johnson Engraved for Johnson's Lives of the Poets; Pub- lished by D. Buchanan Montrose. 2% X 2%6. 63 BICENTENARY OF 103 Anonymous. Line. Similar portrait. Ins : Johnson. 2l%6 X 2%6. 104 Engraved by Cooke, from a Paint- ing BY Trotter. Line. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: S. Johnson^ L.L.D. Lon- don, Published by T. Tegg . . . Jan. iSig. 3 He X 2V2. "From a Painting by Trotter" is probably erroneous. 105 G. W. HUTIN SCULP. Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by single line. Ins : D^ Samuel Johnson, LLD. London, Published Jany i 1822, by A. JVivell . . . East St Marylebone. (Script) 5M X 4%6. Impression on India paper. 106 Same plate. A late impression. 64 SAMUEL JOHNSON 107 Same plate. A late impression on India paper, 108 Anonymous. Line. Portrait in oval, in rectangular frame of wavy parallel lines, surrounded by five lines. Ins -.Samuel Johnson L.L.D. London Ptihd by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme ^ Brown, Paternoster Row 182^. 3%X3- 109 Drawn by C. Clint A.R.A. En- graved BY W. C. Edwards. Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines. Ins : Samuel Johnson, LL.D. From a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, late in the possession of Mrs Piozzi. London, May i, 182^, Published by W . Walker . . . From Effigies Poeticae, 1824. no Engraved by Mr R. Page. Stipple. Vignette. Ins: Samuel Johnson, 65 BICENTENARY OF L.L.D . . . London, Published by Jones ' Johnson. 3% X 2^6. 69 BICENTENARY OF 124 G. I. Stodart, sculp. Line and Stipple. Portrait in rectangle. Ins : Sam : John- son (in facsimile of autograph). Impression on India paper. From Napier's edition of Boswell's Life, 1884. VARIATION OF THE REYNOLDS (1773) TYPE (not showing hand) 125 Etch'd by T. Trotter. Etching and Stipple. Portrait in rectangle. Ins: Etch'd by T. Trotter, from the Picture painted by Sir J . Reynolds Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. (script) 5x4. 126 T. Trotter Sculp : Line. Reversed oval portrait in rectangular frame of wavy horizontal lines, sus- 70 SAMUEL JOHNSON pended by a ribbon, and draped with laurel garlands. Ins: Saml Johnson L.L.D. 4%6 X 3%6. From Johnson's Lives of the Poets j 1781. This print appears also with London . . . June S*'* 1871 before Dr. Johnson's name. 127 S. Thomson Sculp: Line. A copy of the preceding. Ins: Lon- don, Puhlishd as the Act directs June 8tli 178 1. Saml Johnson L.L.D. 4%6 X 3^6. 128 T, Trotter Sculp: Line. Reversed portrait in circular frame, suspended by a ribbon, and draped with laurel, resting on pedestal in- scribed, Saml Johnson L.L.D.: in rectangle. 4% X 2%. 129 LowRY SCULP. Line. Vignette in oval frame, draped with garland; on same plate with portrait of George Frederick Handel. The 71 BICENTENARY OF ovals rest on pedestals Inscribed with the names of the subjects. Ins. above : New London Magazine. Below : Pub- lished by Alex^ Hogg . . . Sep. i, 1785. 4% X 3^/4 (full plate, 4% x 7%)- From the New London Magazine. 130 Engraved by Thos Holloway. Line. Reversed portrait in oval frame be- tween drawn curtains, at top of plate containing also portraits of Thomas Tyrwhitt, Richard Farmer and Thomas Edwards. At foot of plate, a ledge with books, pen and Ink. Ins : [names of four subjects] Published as the Art directs by J . Rivington £sf Partners, i June ijSg. aVkxi'^Via (full plate, 5^yi6X3%)- 131 P. Halpin SCULPT Line. Reduced and reversed copy of the preceding. No publisher's inscrip- tion. zVxexM (full plate, 5%6X3%). 72 SAMUEL JOHNSON 132 Anonymous. Line. Portrait in oval stone frame, draped with laurel and ribbon, on rectangular plate; below oval, a niche of masonry, holding urn. Ins. above : European Magazine. Below: Samuel Johnson L.L.D. Nat. A. D. ijio. Ob. Deer 15, 1784. Published Jany i, 1785, by I. Sewell, Cornhill. 5% X 3%- From the European Magazine. 133 Anonymous. Line. Portrait in oval stonework in rectan- gle; oval resting on pedestal, bearing tablet inscribed. Dr. Johnson. Ins. above : Engraved for the Universal Magazine. Below : Printed for S. A. Cumberlege, at the Kings Arms in Pater-noster Row. 5% X 3%- From the Universal Magazine. 134 Anonymous. Stipple. Reversed portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins. above: Parson's 73 BICENTENARY OF Edition of Select British Classics. Below: Savi^ Johnson, LL.D. En- graved for J. Parsons . . . Fehy i, 1793- ZV2 X 2%. 135 Anonymous. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins : S. Johnson. 3%6 X 2^^/46. 136 Anonymous. Line. Reversed portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: D^ Samuel John- son L.L.D. Publish'd by J. Parsons . . . Feb. 1794. 3%X3. 137 HOLL SCULP. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: Dr. Johnson. 2M.6 X 1%. Impression on India paper. This print appears on a page with a biog- raphy of Johnson in forty-five lines, in the Biographical Magazine, 1819. 74 SAMUEL JOHNSON 138 Same plate, on page with a portrait of Dr. Beattie. Ins: Dr Johnson (script) . 139 J. HoPwooD Sculpt Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines: Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 3% X 2%. 140 L How Sculpt Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by two lines. Ins : Samuel Johnson, LLD. 2W1Q X 2%6. 141 R. ROFFE, SCULPT Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines. Ins: D^ Johnson. Pub- lished by J. Limbird . . . 3^ X 2%6. 142 Engraved by H. Cook. Line and Stipple. Vignette. Ins -.Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 2% X 2%. 75 BICENTENARY OF 143 Anonymous. Line. Portrait in garter. I Me X %. THE REYNOLDS (1778) TYPE Engravings after the portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1778 (when Dr. Johnson was sixty-nine years of age), representing him intently reading a book, which he grasps in both hands with the left-hand cover doubled backward; half-length, facing toward the observer's right. 144 Engraved BY John Hall. Line. Reversed portrait, in oval frame in rectangle, the oval resting on an orna- mented ledge, with tablet in center, inscribed, Samuel Johnson L.L.D; laurel branches, scrolls and a book below; above the oval, a harp, cadu- ceus and other emblems, flanked by two ornamented medallions bearing the legends, Natus Sept. VII lyog and Mortuiis /j Decern. 1784. evs X 4%. 76 SAMUEL JOHNSON 145 Same plate, with publisher's inscrip- tion added: Publish' d as the Act di- rects, by the Proprietors, Jany i^^ 1787. From Johnson's Works, edited b}' Hawkins, 1787. 146 Engraved by H. Brocas. Line. Reversed copy of the preceding; the frame of the oval less elaborate. 6% X 4%. 147 G. Skea Scl Line. Copy of the preceding, without the medallions and with simpler orna- mentation; frame draped with laurel garlands. Ins: Published by P. Wogan, Old Bridge, Dublin. 148 Engraved by Granger, from a Drawing by W. H. Brown. Stipple. Portrait In oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: D>' Johnson. Engraved for C. Cooke, Febv 16, I7gg. 3% X 2V1. 77 BICENTENARY OF 149 Anonymous. Stipple. Portrait in oval surrounded by single line. Ins: Dr Johnson. 150 W. Evans scuLPsiT. Stipple. Reversed portrait in oval. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 3% X 2%. 151 Designed by E. F. Burney. En- graved BY J. Walker. Line. One of thirteen medallion portraits, connected by rose and laurel branches, and surrounding the figure of Hermes. Ins: London, Published . = . by J. Mawman, and the rest of the Proprietors March i , 180^. Medallion, 1% (full plate, 71/8X4%). 152 Anonymous. Stipple. Reversedportraitin rectangular frame of wavy parallel lines, the four cor- ners of which are lions' masks within squares. Ins : Df Johnson, Published 78 SAMUEL JOHNSON Sept II, 1824, by G. Smeeton, Old Bailey. 3%6 X 2%. From The Unique. 3 vols. 153 T. A. Dean, sculp. Stipple. Reversed portrait; vignette, sur- rounded by four lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. London, Published by J. G. & F. Rivington, 1832. ZV2 X 2%. 154 Fleischmann sc. Nbg. Stipple. Octagonal portrait. Ins: Dr John- son. Zwickau bei Geb. Schumann. 3% X 2%. From Bildnisse der beriihmtesten Menschen. 155 Heath SCULP. Line. Portrait in circular frame, resting on base, in rectangle. Over the top of the frame are knotted ribbon and laurel sprays falling from top and sides. On base, the word Johnson. 4% X 3- 79 BICENTENARY OF 156 Anonymous. Line and Stipple. Reversed portrait in ornamented rec- tangular frame suspended by ribbon with rosette. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Edward Lacey, yd, St. Pauls London. Printed in green ink. 157 Same plate. Proof before letters. 158 Same plate. Proof on India paper. 159 Pye sc. Line. Reversed circular portrait. 1%. 1 60 Anonymous. Line and Stipple. Reversed portrait in rectangle. 2% X 1%. 161 Anonymous. Stipple. Reversed vignette portrait. 2X 1%. 80 SAMUEL JOHNSON 162 Anonymous. Stipple. Reversed portrait in rectangle, sur- rounded by line. Ins: Saml Johnson, L.L.D. 3% X 2%. 163 Anonymous. Lithograph. Portrait in rectangle. Ins: Df John- son. 4% X 3^. 164 A. Sanders. Mezzotint. Reversed portrait in rectangle. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. From the original Picture in the possession of the Revd W. H. Rooper. 5X4- 165 Same plate, with further inscription in script: London: Henry Graves Cff Compy . . . i86s- 166 Same plate. Early proof, with no in- scription save A Sanders under center of rectangle, and Samuel Johnson, LL.D. at right, in script. 81 BICENTENARY OF THE BARRY TYPE Engravings after the portrait painted by James Barry, about 1781; bust, with very curly short wig, and widely opened eyes ; fac- ing toward front. 167 Engraved by Anker Smith, A.R.A. Line. Vignette portrait, with drapery unfin- ished. Ins: Doctor Samuel Johnson . . . Published March 1st, 180S, by John Manson, Bookseller . . . 6^2x6. 168 Same plate. Open letter proof, with names of painter and engraver and publisher's imprint in script, follow- ing the outlines of left shoulder. 169 AuDiNET Sculpt. Line. Reduced copy of the preceding : below the portrait are facsimiles of John- son's autograph at different dates. Ins: London Published by Philip Audinet . . . 3% X 3%. 82 SAMUEL JOHNSON 170 Same plate. Proof on India paper, without the facsimiles, and before all letters. 171 Engraved BY E. FiNDEN Line. Vignette portrait, similar to the pre- ceding, but showing three buttons of the waistcoat. Ins: Sam: Johnson (in facsimile of autograph) London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1835- 2% X 2%. From Boswell's Life, edited by Croker, 1835. 172 Same plate. Proof before letters. THE OPIE TYPE Engravings after the portrait by John Opie; bust, with curled, flowing wig, showing much more on the left side than on the right; little or no white at throat; facing toward observ- er's left. 173 Engraved by W. T. Fry. Stipple. Portrait in ornamented rectangular 83 BICENTENARY OF frame, with comic and tragic masks at the top. Between the masks, on a ribbon, the word Johnson. Ins : Pub- lished by Tho^. Tegg, Cheapside. 4% X 2%. 174 AuDiNET sc. Line. Portrait in oval. Ins : Publish' d by Harrison ^ Co March i, 1794. Be- low portrait, a biography of forty lines. 1^%6X iV2. From the Biographical Magazine, 1794. 175 Same plate, surrounded by an octag- onal border of wavy parallel lines. 176 HoLL SCULP. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: Sa7n^ Johnson L.L.D. (script) Published by H. D. Sy- monds . . . Jany i, 1801. 3% X 2%6. 177 Same plate. Ins. above: Engraved for Mackenzie ^ Dent's, Select Biog- 84 SAMUEL JOHNSON raphy. Below : Sam^ Johnson L.L.D. (script). 178 HoPwooD sc. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: Sam^ lohnson (script), L.L.D. Pnb. by Thos Tegg III Cheapside. 3% X 2%. 179 Anonymous. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Below, a small rectangle with Hercules killing the Lernean hydra. Ins: Dr Samuel Johnson. London, Published July i, 181 1, by Adlard & Jones. 5% X 3%- From Encyclopaedia Londinensis. 180 Engraved by I. Rogers. Line and Stipple. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson, LL.D. . . . 4VX6 X 3^/4. 85 BICENTENARY OF i8i Anonymous. Line. Nine portraits on one plate, with background of vertical lines. The portrait in lower right corner is in- scribed, Dr S. Johnson. The others are S^ PF. Jones, Revd W. Jones, Jenyns, Jewel, Joan of Arc, Inigo Jones, Jerningham, and S^ Jerome. Ins: London, Published by Thomas Tegg, Cheapside, June i , iSzg. iiyi6Xi% (full plate, 8x4%)- 182 Anonymous Line and Supple. Five oval portraits connected by orna- mental scroll work. The center por- trait Is inscribed on a tablet, John- son. The others are Rees, Sheridan, Walker and Crabbe. Ins. above: Frontispiece. Below : /. &' F . Tallis, London, Edinburgh &' Dublin. 2%xi% (full plate, 9x6^/4). 183 Engrd BY Davenport. Line. Portrait in wreathed oval in rectan- gle. At foot of oval, a rectangle, in- 86 SAMUEL JOHNSON scribed Satti^ Johnson, LL.D. Below, a sarcophagus, on the side of which is a medallion representing Hercules killing the Lernean hydra. 9y2x6%6. 184 Same plate, with names of painter and engraver erased, and with Pn'w/^^ by J. Shnry at lower right corner. THE HARDING-TROTTER TYPE Representing Dr. Johnson as an elderly man, showing signs of illness; facing toward the observer's right. 185 Etch'd by T. Trotter. Drawn FROM THE Life by J. Harding. Etching. Vignette portrait, facing toward ob- server's right. Ins: Publish' d . . . by G. Kearsly . . . Febv 10^^' 1782. 3 X2%. Printed in brown ink. From The Beauties of Johnson. 87 BICENTENARY OF 1 86 Anonymous. Line and Stipple. Portrait in rectangle; seated and lean- ing against back of chair. Ins : Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. From the original Drawing, in the possession of M^ Simco, taken from the life, a Short time before his decease, and Etched by T. Trotter. Price i sh. Publish' d . . . Novf 1 6, 1786, by G. Rears ley . . . 3% X sVs- From Kearsley's Life of Johnson. 187 T. Trotter Sculp. Stipple. Portrait similar to the preceding, in rectangle surrounded by single line. Ins: Df Samuel Johnson. From an Original Drawing by T. Trotter, in the Possession of the Revd D^ Farmer. Pub April 2J , ijg2, by F. Harding, Fleet Street. 4% X 4. 88 SAMUEL JOHNSON BARTOLOZZrS ENGRAVING Bust in profile, lace at throat; facing toward observer's left. i88 F. Bartolozzi R. A. sculpx. 1785. Line. Portrait in circular frame. Ins: Samuel Johnson L.L.D. Born Sepr lyog; died Deer ijth 1284. Pub- lished October 5'/' i/^S, by John Fielding, Pater Noster Row, London. 5x5. From the Dictionary, 1785. 189 Engraved BY Freeman. Stipple. Portrait in octagon, surrounded by lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson L.L.D . . . London; Published by Thomas Tegg . . . May 2 of' 1S13. 4% X 3%^ 190 Same plate, with year changed to 1819. From Murphy's edition of Johnson's Works,. 1820. 89 BICENTENARY OF 191 Engraved BY J. Scott. Line. Octagonal portrait similar to preced- ing. Samuel Johnson, LLD. Lon- don, Published by Thomas Tegg, 1 1 1 Cheapside, Augst 2^{1) i8ig (not Inked) . 3^/4 X 2%. 192 Anonymous. Stipple. Octagonal portrait. Ins: Samuel Johnson, LLD. London, Published by T. Tegg . . . Jpril i^t 1820 (script). 3X2^!. 193 Anonymous. Stipple. Vignette portrait. Ins : Samuel John- son L.L.D. "Leviathan of Litera- ture." London: William Darton . . . 1822. 3V2 X 2%. From Darton's Cabinet of Portraits, 1822. 194 Engraved on Steel by James Mitchell.— The ornamental part designed by H. Corbould. Line and Stipple. 90 SAMUEL JOHNSON Circular portrait in ornamented rec- tangular frame. Above portrait, on ribbon, Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Ins : Published by Oliver ^ Boyd, Edin- burgh. 4%6 X 2IH6. 195 Anonymous. Stipple. Vignette portrait, in rectangular lined frame. Ins: D^ lohnson. Below frame, 102. 3^ X 2%6. MISCELLANEOUS PORTRAITS 195a [Engraved by Geo. Zobel from a PORTRAIT BY SiR JoSHUA REYNOLDS.] Mezzotint. Half-length, in rectangle. Facing toward the observer's left, with head resting on clasped hands, which hold a book {Irene?) . 196 Drawn from the Life, and En- grav'd by T. Trotter. Etching. 91 BICENTENARY OF Full length, in walking costume, with large hat and staff; facing toward the observer's right; mountainous back- ground. Ins. above : Publish' d as the Act directs Jann i8, ij86 by Geo. Kearsley. . . . Below: D^ Johnson in his Travelling Dress as described in BoswelU Tour [two lines] Price 2 Shils 10% X jVa. 196a Same plate. A later state, with price changed to is-6d. 197 Priscott Sculp. Trotter del. Line and Stipple. Reduced copy of the preceding, with- out the landscape. Ins: Published April I, iSiy, by C. G. Dyer, Comp- ton Street, Soho. Sam: Johnson (script) Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. (Roman) . 6% X 4^. 198 Same plate. Printed in colors. 92 SAMUEL JOHNSON 199 Same plate. Impression before the final Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 200 Anonymous. Aquatint. Reduced copy of the preceding. Ins : Sam: Johnson (script). 4^16 X 2%. 20 1 Engraved from an original Draw- ing BY N. Gardiner. Stipple. Profile portrait in oval, facing toward observer's right. Ins : D^ Sam^ John- son. . . . Publish'd Nov^ i^^h ij86, hy W^'i Richardson, ij^, Strand. 2\^ X 2. 202 I.I. DeClaussen Sculp. I. North- cote, R.A. PiNXT. Line. Half-length, in rectangle, facing to- ward observer's right; book, with tie- strings, held wide open in both hands. Ins: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 5^ X 4%. 93 BICENTENARY OF 203 Engraved on Steel by R. Page. Stipple. Half-length, in rectangular suspended frame; seated at table with open book. Ins: Dr Johnson. London: Puhd by John Biimpiis, iSzg. 3% X 2%. 204 Blood sc. Stipple. Full length, standing in library, with right hand resting on open book on table. Ins: [Quotation in five lines] Vide Boswell's Life of Johnson j^ Edition, Vol i, P 43. 4%6 X 3. 205 L. Rados inc. Sargent-Marceau" Dis. Stipple. Full length, in front of open door in library, bending over table, with right arm behind him, and holding a book open with left hand; without wig. Ins: Samtiele lohnson. 6% X 4%. 94 SAMUEL JOHNSON 206 T. G. Flowers. Edinr. J. Sutcliffe. Line. Full length, seated in library before table with books and writing mate- rials. Ins : D'' Johnson. 4%6 X 2%. 207 Anonymous. Line and Stipple. Full length, standing with right arm at side and left upraised displaying palm of hand. Ins : Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. From the Original Painting in the possession of Mr Archdeacon Cambridge 4% X 2%. From Boswell's Life, 1835. 208 Same plate. Proof before letters, on India paper. 209 Anon. Stipple. Copy of the preceding portrait, sur- rounded by clouds, before a table at which Boswell is busy preparing his Journey to the JJehrides from "rem- 95 BICENTENARY OF nants" appropriately labeled. Below, Thou art a Retailer of Phrases, And dost deal in Remnants of Rem- nants, Like a Maker of Pincushions. Congreve's W ay of the World, Act IV, Scene g. Ins: Published June i, i8oj, by C. Bestland, West End, Hampstead. 8^x7y4. From R. O. Cambridge's Works j 1803. 210 A drawing apparently copying the figure of Dr. Johnson from the pre- ceding. BUSTS, STATUES, AND MEDALLIONS 211 Engraved by W. T. Fry, after a Drawing by Ab^ Wivell. Stipple. Draped bust, without wig; on pedes- tal in niche. Rectangular plate. Ins : Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. . . . From the Original Bust by Joseph Nolle- 96 SAMUEL JOHNSON kens, Esqr RA. Engraved for the Select Portrait Gallery in the Guide to Knowledge. In lower left corner, Plate g. 212 Engraved BY E. FiNDEN. Stipple. Vignette bust, on pedestal, inscribed, Johnson. sVie X 2^2. On title-page of Boswell's Life, 1835. Vol. 6. Impression on large paper. 213 Same plate. Before the title of the book. 214 I. RomneySc. T. Uwinsdel. Line. Bust with wig: on pedestal in niche. Below, masks and scales. 2% X i^ie. On title-page of Suttaby, Evance & Fox's edition of Rasselas, 1820. 215 Anonymous. Line. Bust with wig, in oval frame, draped with garlands tied by ribbon. The 97 BICENTENARY OF oval rests on a pedestal inscribed, D^ Sam^ Johnson. 5 X 3%- 2i6 Anonymous. Stipple. Head in oval medallion; without wig. Ins : S. Johnson. I^%6X 1%. 217 Anonymous. Etching. Similar head, on circular etched back- ground. I%6 X I%6. 218 R. Sands SCULP. Line. Similar head: on rectangular back- ground of horizontal lines, in rectan- gular frame. At foot of frame, a tablet in outline, inscribed Johnson. Ins: Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Poultry, J any i, 181 1. 4%6 X 2%. From Historic Gallery of Portraits, 1807- 1 1. Vol. 7. 98 SAMUEL JOHNSON 219 J. Basire sculp. J. Bacon Stat- uary. Line. Full-length draped statue, standing on pedestal, with architectural back- ground. Rectangular plate. Ins. above : European Magazine. Below : D^ Johnson's Monument in St. Paul's Church. Publish'd by J. Sewell, Cornhill April i ; ijg6. 7^x4. From the European Magazine. 220 Same plate. Proof before inscrip- tion, with John Bacon Statuary. J. Basire sc. scratched in the plate. 221 Heath sc. Line and Stipple. Same statue, in rectangular lined frame. Ins: The Statue of D^ John- son in St Paul's Cathedral, by the late John Bacon Esqr R.A. Published by Longman ^ Co June 10, l8o§. 6% X 3i%6. 222 Anonymous. Line and Stipple. Same statue, with rectangular back- 99 BICENTENARY OF ground of vertical lines. Ins: D^ Johnson. London. Published by John JViUiams . . . January, 1826. 6% X 3^%6. AMERICAN PORTRAITS 223 D Edwin sc. Stipple. Portrait in rectangle; figure of man seated at table. Ins: Samuel Johnson. From the Original Picture in the Possession of James Boswell Esq. Boston Published by William Andrews ^ Lemuel Blake iSoy. 4%6 X 3%6. Of the Reynolds, 1756, type. Stauffer, 792. From Andrews and Blake's edition of Bos- well's Life. Boston, 1807. 224 A. BowEN Sc. Stipple. Similar portrait, with tablet below formed of vertical lines, inscribed, Samuel Johnson. 5% X 3%- Of the Reynolds, 1756, type. Stauffer, 213. 100 SAMUEL JOHNSON 225 Leney sc. Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins: Dr Johnson. Boston Pub- lish' d by West & Blake. SVi X 2%6. Of the Reynolds, 1773, type, reversed. Stauf- fer, 1793. 226 SCOLES SCULP. Stipple. A copy of the preceding. Ins: Dr Johnson. Published by IV ^ J Dis- turnells Troy. 3% X 2%6. Of the Reynolds, 1773, type, reversed. Stauf- fer, 2788. 227 Engraved BY P. Maverick. Drawn BY W. H. Brown. Stipple. Portrait of Dr. Johnson reading, in oval surrounded by single line. Ins. Dr Johnson. Pub. by W . Durell, i8og. 3% X 2%. Of the Reynolds, 1778, type. Stauffer, 2214. From Hastings's edition of Johnson's Works. Boston, 1809. It appears also in Durell's edition of Johnson's Lives of the Poets. New York, 181 1. lOI BICENTENARY OF 228 G. Fairman Sculpt. Line. Portrait in rectangle, surrounded by double lines. Ins: Samuel Johnson L.L.D. (script). 5^6 X 4%. Of the Reynolds, 1773, type. Stauffer, 990. 229 Same plate. Proof on India paper, with further inscription^ Engraved for the first American edition of John- son's Quarto Dictionary Published by M. Thomas. Philadelphia 1818. J . Porter Printer. From the Dictionary. Philadelphia, 1 819. 230 Engraved by T. Kelly. Stipple. Vignette portrait. Ins : Samuel John- son, L.L.D. (script) Published by Samuel Walker, Harlem Place, Wash- ington Street Boston. 5Hx4- Of the Reynolds, 1773, type. Stauffer, 1609. 23 1 T. Kelly sc. Stipple. Portrait in rectangular ornamented 102 SAMUEL JOHNSON frame, with comic and tragic masks at the upper corners. 2%X I^%6. Of the Reynolds, 1773, type. 232 O. PelTON Sc. Line. Portrait in oval, with rectangular background of horizontal lines, form- ing the engraved title-page of Rasse- las. Hartford, 1825. 3% X 2%. Of the Reynolds, 1778, type. Stauffer, 2505. 233 E. Gallaudet sc. Line and Stipple. Portrait in oval, surrounded by single line. Ins : Opie pinxit. Saml John- son, LL.D. 4%6 X Z%. Of the Opie type. 234 Engraved by J. W. Steel. Line. Portrait in oval frame, within orna- mented rectangular frame. On tab- let below oval, Sam^ Johnson, L.L.D. sVi X 2%. Of the Opie type. Stauffer, 3010. 103 BICENTENARY OF 235 S. Hill. Line. Bust, in oval; on plate with oval por- traits of Albert Diirer, Moncrif, Shakespeare, Sterne and S. Clarke. i%x iy2 (full plate, 5%X3^/^)- Frontispiece of Lavater's Essays on Physiog- nomy. Boston, c. 1848. Stauffer, 1371. 236 Engd by Sartain. Mezzotint. Full length, in walking costume, with upraised hand and staff. Ins: Sam: Johnson (in facsimile of autograph, at right of print) Full length Por- trait of Dr. Johnson the dress worn by him in his Journey to the Hebrides Boston, Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. 6% X 4%. A copy of No. 197. 237 Same plate, with publisher's inscrip- tion erased. 238 Anonymous. Painted by Alonzo Chappel. Stipple. Three-quarters length, seated beside 104 SAMUEL JOHNSON table, with right hand resting on book, and holding a walking stick in left hand. Ins: Sam: Johnson, (in facsimile of autograph) Likeness from a painting by Sir Joshua Rey- nolds Johnson, Wilson & Co., Pub- lishers, New York. Entered accord- ing to act of Congress A.D. i8yj . . . 7^2 X 5^. Of the Reynolds, 1773, type. 239 Portrait of James Boswell. Mezzotint. Engraved by John Jones, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 13MX II. Smith, 8. 240 The Promenade at Carlisle House. Mezzotint. Engraved by J. R. Smith. II X 15- Smith, 194, first state. The figure of Dr. Johnson is supposed to be one of those seen through the open door. 105 SAMUEL JOHNSON 241 A Literary Party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's. Stipple. Engraved by D. George Thompson, after James E. Doyle. I5%X22. 106 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. itftVS 1^/^ ^m 6 1950 J50 Mm. JUii5.yi %k ,R- AUG 281970. 11968 OKI "• .-.1 X ' iK' \ n 1^ L9-35m-9,'47 ( A5618 )444 THE LimiARY IFNn^ERor Y ( C.i;jFORNU J IHi (^3 11 58 00409 3992 AA 000 365 210