The Works Of The English Poets With Prefaces, Biographical And Critical By Samuel Johnson. Volume The Eleventh. The Poems Of Otway, Duke And Dorset.

Otway, Thomas & Duke, Richard & Dorset, Earl of

Published by E. Cox, London, 1779

About this Item

Soft covers. Grey paper. Title on the spine. Frontispice (portrait of Otway), 212 pages. Worn at the bottom and top of the spine. with some minor paper-loss, approx. 1 x 1 cm. Slight miscolouration of the title page because of the frontispice. You can actually see Otways face there. A nice copy in fine condition. Volume XI of Samuel Johnson's The Works of the English Poets (1779?1781) features the poems of Thomas Otway, Richard Duke, and the Earl of Dorset. This collection includes biographies and critical prefaces by Johnson for each poet, as part of a 50+ volume set commissioned by London booksellers.

Seller Inventory # LM 213

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works Of The English Poets With Prefaces, Biographical And Critical By Samuel Johnson. Volume The Eleventh. The Poems Of Otway, Duke And Dorset.
• Publisher: E. Cox, London
• Publication Date: 1779
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good