from the text of Johnson, Steevens, and Red: with a biographical memoir, and a variety of interesting matter, illustrative of his life and writings by W. Harvey.
London, Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1825
8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 230 vignette engravings, engraved title, occasional spotting; contemporary French blind-tooled calf by Simier, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, all edges gilt, very good; [4], lxxx, 896pp.
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