Reissue. Originally published semi-weekly, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1749/50-1752. Of the 208 numbers, all were by Johnson except no. 10, by Hester Mulso, afterward Mrs. Chapone; no. 15 (2nd letter)--by David Garrick; no. 30, by Catherine Talbot; no. 97, by Samuel Richardson; no. 44 and 100, by Elizabeth Carter; and no. 107 by Joseph Simpson, "a young lawyer of Lincoln's Inn." Cf. Fleeman.

Signatures: v.1: [A]1 B-N¹² O1; v.2: [A]1 B-M¹² N⁶ O1; v.3: [A]1 B-N¹²; v.4: [A]1 B-M¹² N⁴.

Vol. 1: [2], 290 p.; v.2: [2], 278 p.; v.3: [2], 287, [1] p.; v.4: [2], 239, [33] p.

Cf. Fleeman, J.D. Bib. of the works of Samuel Johnson, 50.3R/1a, p. 196.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T123096

Fleeman, J.D. Bib. of the works of Samuel Johnson, 50.3R/7

Roscoe, S. John Newbery and his successors, 1740-1814, A273 (1)

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.