JOHNSON, SAMUEL. - DRYDEN'S "BEN-JOCHANAN"

The Works of the Late Reverend Mr. Samuel Johnson, sometime Chaplain to the Right Honourable William Lord Russel.

London, John Darby, 1710. Folio. Contemp. full calf, blindtooled in Cambridge-style. Spine with 5 raised bands. Titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering. Binding rubbed. Wear to spine ends. A crack in leather at upper compartment. 5 first leaves with a small hole in right margin. XXVIII,488 pp. Internally clean.

First edition of his collected works. - "Chaplain to Lord William Russell. The works of this well-known party writer, stigmatized by Dryden under the name of Ben -Jochanan, are now in little estimation."(Lowndes Vol. III, p. 1217).

Order-nr.: 48425