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• 1. ANGELL, John (d. 1764)

• Stenography; or, Short-hand Improved. Being the most compendious, lineal, and easy Method hitherto extant . . . By John Angell. . . . London. Printed for the Author. . . . [1758]. 8°

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson, A.M. London.' 105 subscribers took 143 copies; copies are numbered and signed by Angell; the highest number so far noted is '301'. Courtney 85; Life ii.505; Hazen 243; Alston 8.130-133.

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• 2. ARIOSTO, Ludovico (1474-1533); trans. HOOLE, John (1727-1803)

• Orlando Furioso: translated from the Italian of Lodovico Ariosto; with Notes: By John Hoole. In Five Volumes. London: For the Author. . . . 1783. 5 vols. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' and 'Samuel Johnson, Esq.' 576 subscribers took 644 copies, of which 84 in Bengal took 121 and 40 in Bombay took 50. The Indian subscriptions led to delays, noticed in the 'Advertisement' (i. n4), 'Advertisement . . . Jan. 24, 1784' (v. alv), and 'Postscript . . . 15 May, 1783' (v. Y2). The list of names is bound in vol. v (Life iv.70) and includes Daniel Braithwaite, Burney, Beattie, Boswell, Lord Chesterfield, Bishop of Dromore (Percy), Thomas Francklin, Mrs Garrick, Sir John Hawkins, Mrs Hawkesworth, Langton, Malone, Mickle, Paoli, Paradise, Reynolds, Sastres, Wm. Seward, Steevens, Thomas Tyers, Joseph Warton, Thomas Warton; and from Bengal, Hastings, Chambers, and John Macpherson.

  The 'Postscript' includes various acknowledgements, 'Among those whose good wishes have always gone along with the translator, it is with peculiar satisfaction that I can insert the name of Dr. Samuel Johnson; and I am happy in this opportunity of giving a public testimony of my sincere and respectful affection for him, whose friendship I consider as one of the most grateful circumstances of my life, since the value of his character can only be known by those who live with him in habits of intimacy; but, alas! such knowledge leads us continually to lament the condition of mankind, in which, at a certain period, every naming of mortality makes us dread a dissolution of the dearest connections, while we are tempted to regret, that some of the apparently

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  superfluous years allotted to the profligate or the useless, cannot be added to those whose lives are an honour to human nature. 15th May 1783.'

  SJ's copy was sold at Christie's (Johnson), 16 Feb. 1785, 187: Hodgson, £1.6s.

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• 3. BATTIER, Mrs. Henrietta (1751?-1813)

• The Protected Fugitives. A collection of miscellaneous Poems. Dublin, Printed for the Author, by James Porter, 1791.

  'Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' 727 subscribers (classified as 'Irish' 303, 'Liverpool' 51, 'Chester' 32, 'Manchester' 9, and 'London' 332) took 864 copies. Most of the extras went to the Irish booksellers. Other names include George Colman, Joseph Banks, V. Lunardi, Sir Joshua Reynolds and James Tassie. Pp. 61-62 carry an epitaph on SJ in a letter to Reynolds, and there are verses to Reynolds pp. 63-66. HB refers to her friendship with SJ and his encouragement of her ('Dedication' p. v, and 'Preface' pp. xii-xiii: 'Don't be disheartened my child, I have been often glad of a Subscription myself.') This is further terated in a poem pp. 198-201. Publication of the book was evidently delayed. Life iv.470, and 'Index' (vi.23) s.n. 'Battier'.

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• 4. BEATTIE, James (1735-1803)

• Essays. On the Nature and immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism. On Poetry and Music, as they affect the Mind. On Laughter and ludicrous Compositions. On the Utility of Classical Learning. By James Beattie, LL.D. . . . Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech. 1776. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' 477 subscribers took 633 copies. Names include Dr William Adams, Garrick, W. G. Hamilton, Sir John Hawkins, Jonas Hanway, Bennet Langton, Michael Lort, Hannah More, W. W. Pepys, Thomas Percy, Reynolds, and Joseph Warton. Elizabeth Montagu secured SJ's subscription.[4] She subscribed for 30 copies. SJ's copy is CtY (Booklist 11 is erroneous).

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• 5. BELLAMY, Daniel (d. 1788)

• A Paraphrase on the Sacred History, or, Book of Job, with Observations from Various Authors. By D. Bellamy, Minister of Petersham and Kew, and Curate of Kingston upon Thames. . . . London: Printed by John Hart. MDCCXLVIII. 4°

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  'Mr. Samuel Johnson.' 543 subscribers took 153 Large Paper copies and 390 on ordinary paper. There are no very evidently Johnsonian names among them save that of Mrs Elizabeth Carter, and it must be conceded that another Johnson may be meant.

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• 6. BERROW, Capel (1715-82)

• Theological Dissertations by Capel Berrow, A.M. . . . London: J. Dodsley. 1772. 4°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson' [and 'Dr. Johnson']. The subscribers' names include Thomas Barnard, Brocklesby, Lord Chesterfield, Derrick, Garrick, &c. CB's Proposals (1766) in O.

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• 7. BIBLE: Psalms; trans. MERRICK, James (1720-69)

• The Psalms, translated or paraphrased in English Verse. By James Merrick, M.A. Reading: J. Carnan & Co: and sold by . . . Newbery . . . Dodsley . . . Fletcher and Mr Prince at Oxford, and at the Printing-Office in Reading. 1765. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, Esq;'. 713 subscribers took 815 copies. Names include Rev. Dr. Adams, Akenside, Rev. Henry Bright, Robert Chambers, Heberden, Langton, Mrs Salusbury, Catherine Talbot, Henry Thrale, Mrs Thrale, Thomas Tyrwhitt, and J. and T. Warton. Williams 113.

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• 8. BOURRIT, Marc Théodore (1739-1819); trans. DAVY, Charles (1722-97) and Frederick

• A Relation of a Journey to the Glaciers in the Dutchy of Savoy: translated from the French of M. T. Bourrit . . . By C. and F. Davy. Norwich: Printed by Richard Beatniffe. 1775. 8°

  'Doctor Samuel Johnson, London'. 466 subscribers took 569 copies. Names include William Beckford, Edmund Burke, Joseph Banks, Mr Bewley, Surgeon, Charles Burney, Miss Burney, James Dodsley, David Garrick, Mrs Macaulay, Joseph Nollekens, Joshua Reynolds, Horace Walpole, and Miss Williams.

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  8a. The Second Edition. Norwich: Printed by Richard Beatniffe. 1776. 8°

  'Doctor Samuel Johnson, London.' 612 subscribers took 781 copies.

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  8b. The Second Edition. . . . London: Printed for G. Robinson. 1776. 8°

  'Doctor Samuel Johnson, London'.

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• 9. BOYCE, Samuel (d. 1775)

• Poems on Several Occasions. By Samuel Boyce. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley; J. Newbery; and W. Reeve. 1757. 8°

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson, A.M.' 413 subscribers took 426 copies of which 74 were on Royal paper. Names include Thomas Arne, Theophilus Cibber, Samuel Derrick, 'Mr John Fludder', Garrick (RP), John Gwynn, Thos. Hollis, 'Dr' John Hill, Mr Robert Levet, 'Mr Joshua Reynolds, Painter', Richard Rolt, Dr Smollett (RP), Christopher Smart, Thomas Tyers, Mrs Margaret Woffington (RP). SJ's name is missing in some copies of the list.[5] Williams 57-63, 112; Rothschild 486.

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• 10. BROOKE, Henry (1703?-83)

• Gustavus Vasa, the Deliverer of his Country. A Tragedy. As it was to have been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Henry Brooke, Esq;. . . . London: Printed for R. Dodsley. . . . 1739. 8°

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson'. 929 subscribers took 1092 copies; some also subscribed money. Two (including Lord Chesterfield) gave 10 gns., two (including Paul Whitehead) gave 5; 31 (including 'Lord Gower') gave 1 gn., and 35 gave ½gn. Names include Thomas Birch, Edward Cave, Sir Cordel Firebrace, Walter Harte, Benjamin Loveling, 'Mr. Mallet', Henry Pye (twice), 'The very Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Dublin, 10 Books', and Lady Winchelsea.

  Williams 113; Rothschild 496; Life i.141; Hawkins 76; SJ's 'Life of Thomson' par. 31. This first issue includes the 6 leaves of subscribers; the second, which bears the price 'One Shilling and Six-pence' on the title, has no list of subscribers' names.

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• 11. BURNEY, Charles (1726-1814)

• A General History of Music, from the earliest Ages to the present Period. To which is prefixed, a Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients. London, for the Author: and sold by T. Becket . . . J. Robson . . . and G. Robinson. 1776-89. 4 vols. 4°

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  'Dr. Samuel Johnson'. 856 subscribers took 1047 copies of vols. i-ii. Names include Baretti, Mr Bewley of Massingham, M. Diderot, Garrick, Warren Hastings, Mrs Hawkesworth, Sir John Hawkins, Thomas Pennant, Reynolds, J-J Rousseau, John Ryland, Wm. Seward, Steevens, Henry Thrale, Thomas Tyers, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Horace Walpole, Jos. Warton, Rev. Mr 'Westley' and Mr Charles 'Westley'.

  SJ's copy is NN (Booklist 32). Edmond Malone, who bought SJ's copy of vols. i-ii at his sale, added vols. iii-iv. Malone was not one of the original subscribers. SJ furnished the 'Dedication'.

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• 12. BUTLER, Samuel (1612-80)

• Hudibras, in three parts . . . corrected and amended . . . By Zachary Grey, LL.D. . . . Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham . . . for W. Innys, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton. . . . 1744. 2 vols. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson of Lyons Inn, Esq.' 1446 subscribers in the main list, and 103 in an additional list, make a total of 1549 names who took 1620 copies, of which 129 were on Royal Paper. Names include Sir Wm. Boothby, Thomas Caldecot, Wm. Chambers, John Derby, Sir Cordel Firebrace, Wm. Fitzherbert, Lord Hervey, Rev. Matthew Horberry, 'Samuel Johnson, Esq. of Norwich', Wm. Law, Miss Meynell, Rev. Mr Archdeacon Vize, Miss Hill Boothby, Rev. Mr. Archdeacon Smallbrook, and Ralph Sneyd, Esq.

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• 13. CAMÕES, Luis de (1524?-1580); trans. MICKLE, William Julius (1735-88)

• The Luisiad, or the Discovery of India. Oxford: Jackson & Lister, London: J. Bew. . . . 1776. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' 560 subscribers took 612 copies from an edition of 1000. Names include Boswell, Dr John Douglas, Francis Fawkes, Garrick (20), 'the late Dr. Goldsmith', --- Graves Esq., Hume, Hoole, Wm. Jones, Paradise, J. Priestley, Wm. Pitt, Percy, Isaac Reed, Richardson, Wm. Scott, John Scott, Tyers, Mrs Thrale, and T. & J. Warton. Life iv.251 n3. (Proposals in O-JJ).

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• 14. CHARLTON, Lionel (1720-88)

• The History of Whitby, and of Whitby Abbey. Collected from the original Records of the Abbey, and other Authentic Records, never before made public. . . . By Lionel Charlton, Teacher of the Mathematics at Whitby. York:

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  Printed by A. Ward; and sold in London by T. Cadell, in the Strand, and G. Robinson, in Pater-noster-Row: As also by all the Booksellers in York; and by J. Monkman, Bookseller in Whitby. M,DCC,LXXIX. 4°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson'. 512 subscribers took 551 copies. Names include Thomas Astle, Daines Barrington, John Bowle, Richard Gough, Bennet Langton, Michael Lort, Elizabeth Montagu, Thomas Percy, Pennant, Ritson, Joshua Reynolds, George Steevens, Tyrwhitt. Lit. Illus. iii.783-788; Davis 242-243.

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• 15. CONYBEARE, John (1692-1755)

• Sermons. By John Conybeare, D.D. Late Lord Bishop of Bristol, and Dean of Christ-Church, Oxon. London: Printed by Samuel Richardson. 1757. 2 vols. 8°

  'Johnson, Mr. of London'. 58 pp. of subscribers' names include Lady Diana Beauclerc, Thomas Birch, William Bowyer, Abp. Canterbury [=Matthew Hutton] 40 sets, Lady Betty Germain, Richard Hurd, D. of Newcastle (50 sets), Samuel Richardson, Printer (6 sets), Bonnell Thornton, and Edward Young.

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• 16. CUTTS, Mrs

• Almeria: or, Parental Advice: a Didactic Poem. Addressed to the Daughters of Great Britain and Ireland, by a Friend to the Sex. London: Printed for E. and J. Rodwell: And Sold by H. Gardner . . . Mrs. Denoyer . . . and by Mr. Smith, Bookseller, in Doncaster. 1775. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 2[copies]'. 802 printed names (O copy adds 5 in MS) subscribed for 1510 (1515) copies. Several Yorkshire names suggest that Mrs Cutts was a northerner. Names include Mrs Montagu and Sir Thomas Robinson, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs A. Williams. The list was repeated in the 'Second Edition' (reissue), of the same date: copies in O; CaOHM; CtY, NIC, TxU. Lonsdale.

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• 17. DAVIES, Thomas (1712?-85)

• Dramatic Micellanies [!]: consisting of Critical Observations on several Plays of Shakespeare. . . . London: Printed for the Author. 1784, 1783, 1784. 3 vols. 8°

  Johnson, Dr. 2 sets.' 377 subscribers took 431 copies. Names include Edmund Allen, Boswell, Burney, Beattie, Hugh Blair. (Proposals in O-JJ).

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• 18. DEAN, Richard (1727?-78)

• An Essay on the future Life of Brutes, introduced with Observations upon Evil, its Nature and Origin. Manchester: J. Harrop. 1767. 2 vols. 8°

  'Mr. Johnson' [twice]. There were 470 subscribers (30 pp.) but no obvious associates of SJ. His identity seems implausible. (Life ii.53-54).

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  18a. An Essay on the Future Life of Brute Creatures. The Second Edition.

  London: G. Kearsley. 1768. 2 vols. 8°

  This is a reissue with a cancel title, and the same list of subscribers is repeated in the same sheets.

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• 19. DERRICK, Samuel (1724-69)

• A Collection of Original Poems. By Samuel Derrick. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by A. Millar. . . . 1755. 8°

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson, M.A. R[oyal].P[aper].' 185 subscribers took 175 copies, of which 67 were on 'Royal Paper.'[6] Names include Arne, Samuel Boyce, John Cleland, Colley and Theophilus Cibber, Thomas Floyd, Garrick, 'Miss Fanny Hill', Macklin, Richard Nash, Dr. Smollett, and Miss Woffington.

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• 20. DEVERELL, Mary (b. 1737?)

• Sermons on various Subjects. By Mary Deverell, Gloucestershire. The Second Edition, revised and enlarged by the Author. With an additional Discourse on the Duty of Thanksgiving. London: Printed for the Author, by W. Strahan . . . &c. 1776. 8°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson, Johnson's Court, London.' 516 subscribers took 751 copies of the first ed. (copies: C, L),[7] and 452 took 604 copies of this second. Lonsdale.[8]

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  20a. The Third Edition, revised and enlarged by the Author. . . . London:

  Printed for the Author, by W. Strahan. . . . 1777.

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  'The unnumbered pages contain the lists of subscribers and an errata leaf' (ESTC).

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• 21. DEVERELL, Mary (b. 1737?)

• Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, mostly written in the epistolary Style: chiefly upon Moral Subjects, and particularly calculated for the Improvement of Younger Minds. By Mrs M. Deverell, Gloucestershire. London: Printed for the Author, By J. Rivington. . . . 1781. 2 vols. 12°

  'Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' 396 subscribers took 732 copies. The Master and four other Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford, all subscribed, and 'the Companies at Bengal' took 300 copies. Lonsdale.

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• 22. DEVERELL, Mary (b. 1737?)

• Theodora and Didymus, or, the Exemplification of pure Love and vital Religion. . . . London: for the Author. 1784. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. London'. 375 printed names (5 added in MS in O copy) took 507 copies (=512). Names include George Crabbe, Richard Graves, Jonas Hanway, John Hoole, Lady Keith, Hannah More, Joseph Towers, and Mrs Thrale.

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  22a. The Second Edition. London: Printed for, and sold by, the author. . . . 1786.8°

  'A reissue of the first ed. with cancel title and Dedication, an inserted list of subscribers to the 'second edition', and with the addition of an appendix. With two lists of subscribers' (ESTC).

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• 23. EDWARDS, Miss [?Mary]

• Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By Miss Edwards. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and sold by C. Elliot. 1776. 8°

  'Mr. Samuel Johnston'. 757 subscribers took 885 copies. Names include James Boswell and Mr Boswell, David Hume, Lord Kames, William Robertson. The authoress seems to have subscribed to no. 31, below. The spelling 'Johnston' is suspicious though not necessarily fatal since the Scots rarely discriminated the two forms of the name.

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• 24. EPICTETUS; trans. CARTER, Elizabeth (1717-1806)

• All the Works of Epictetus, which are now extant; consisting of his Discourses . . . in Four Books, The Enchiridion, and Fragments. Translated from the original Greek by Elizabeth Carter. London: Printed by S. Richardson: And Sold by A. Millar . . . John Rivington . . . And R. and J. Dodsley. . . . 1758. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, M.A.' 912 subscribers took 1004 copies. Names include Thomas Birch, Hawkesworth, Mary Masters, Miss Mulso, Lady Salusbury, Miss Talbot, Mrs Underdown. SJ's copy was Christie's (Johnson), 16 Feb. 1785, 283: Oglevie, 10s.

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• 25. FAWKES, Francis (1720-77)

• Original Poems and Translations. By Francis Fawkes, M.A. London: Printed for the Author. And sold by R. and J. Dodsley. . . . 1761. 8°

  '*Samuel Johnson, M.A.' [* = superfine paper]. 735 subscribers took 856 copies, of which 138 were on superfine paper. Johns. Misc. i. 176n; Williams 112; Courtney 102.

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• 26. FRANCKLIN, Thomas (1721-84)

• Sermons on various subjects, and preached on several occasions. By the late Revd. Thos. Francklin. London: Printed for T. Cadell. 1785. 2 vols. 8°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson.' 'Proposals for printing by subscription, in two volumes octavo . . .' were published in London in 1784. ESTC notes that 'ET copy has receipt at foot, with blanks completed in MS, dated 29 December 1784.' It is therefore no surprise that SJ should have subscribed to this publication of the sermons of his old friend Francklin. He had subscribed to his translation of Lucian in 1780 (no. 38, below).

  738 subscribers took 793 copies (the number of subscribers varies in the later editions). The names are listed in 1. xi-xxxviii, and include George Coleman, 'Mrs Cutts', 'Mrs Cutts, Richmond', 'Rev. Mr. Embry', Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Garrick, Mrs Hoole, Dr Heberden, Rev. Dr Loveday, Mrs Penny, 'Sir Joshua Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy, F.R.S.' Mrs Reynolds (bis), Rev. Mr Strahan, George Stevens, Esq., Thomas Tyers, Mr Talbot, Rev. Dr Vyse, Horace Walpole, and Mrs Way. There were several Royal Academicians in the list, e.g. Sir William Chambers, J. S. Copley, Joseph Nollekens, and Benjamin West. Cadell published a third volume with the same title in 1787 (CT, E, L, O).

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  26a. The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell. 1785. 2 vols. 8°

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  26b. The Third Edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell. 1787. 3 vols. 8°

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  26c. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell. 1790. 3 vols. 8°

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  All include the same list of subscribers.

  26d. The 'Fourth Edition'. Dublin: Printed by William Porter, for P. Byrne, W. Porter, J. Jones, J. Moore, and W. Jones. 1790.

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• 27. [JONES, Rhys (ed.) (1713-1801)]

• Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru: neu Flodau godidowgrwydd awen. Wedi eu lloffa, a'u dethol, allan o waith rhai o'r Awduriaid ardderchoccaf, a fu erioed yn yr laith Gymraeg. O Gafgliad Rhys Jones, o'r Tyddyn Mawr, yn y Brynaich, ym mhlwyf Llanfachreth, yn Swydd Feirion. Amwythig, Argraffwyd gan Stafford Prys, Yn y Flywddyn. 1773. 4°

  'Doctor Samuel Johnson'. 505 subscribers took 659 copies.[9] The list of mainly Welsh names includes those of Mrs Salusbury, Henry and Mrs Thrale, and Revd William Worthington. Life v.590.

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• 28. GRIFFITH, Mrs. Elizabeth (1720?-93)

• Amana. A Dramatic Poem . . . By a Lady. London: Printed by T. Harrison, For W. Johnston. . . . 1764. 4°

  'Dr. Johnson'. 287 subscribers took 336 copies. Names include 'Mr Bourke, Author of the Sublime and Beautiful', 'Mrs Boswell', Garrick, 'Mrs Gardiner' and Benjamin Victor. There is an Irish bias in the list, but EG's husband, Richard (1714?-88) was Irish.[10]

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• 29. GRIFFITH, Richard (1714-88)

• Two Novels. In Letters. By the Authors of Henry and Frances. . . . London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt, in the Strand. 4 vols. 1769. 12°

  'Doctor Samuel Johnson'. SJ's name is recorded on a leaf of 'Additional Subscribers' present only in copies at CLU and MH (Cf. 28 n10, above).

  29a. Elizabeth Griffith's A Wife in the Right, 1772, lists subscribers including Burke, Boswell, Brocklesby, Tom Davies, Garrick, Heberden, Hoole, Reynolds, &c., but not SJ, though the list ends with an apology to 'a considerable Number of Subscribers, whose Names were sent too late to be inserted in the List.' L(2); CtY, Goldberg, NIC (with EG's MS corrections)

• 30. [HANDEL, George Frederic (1685-1759)]; librettist JENNENS, Charles (1700-1773)

• Messiah an oratorio in score as it was originally perform'd. Composed by Mr. Handel, to which are added his additional alterations. London. Printed by Messrs. Randall and Abell successors to the late Mr. J. Walsh. . . . n.d. [= 1767]

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson'. 92 subscribers took 129 copies. Names include the King, the Queen, the Dukes of York, Gloucester, and Cumberland; composers and musicians, such as Samuel Arnold and John Randall, as well as William Cowper, C. R. Burney, and 'the Hon. Mr. Fitzwilliam.'

  The work is engraved throughout except for the letterpress list of subscribers and the index. The first eight editions of this work ([1767]-[1788]) are all undated and list (with minor misprints) the same 92 subscribers taking 129 copies.[11]

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• 31. HARRISON, Elizabeth (1724-56)

• Miscellanies on Moral and Religious Subjects, in Prose and Verse. By Elizabeth Harrison. London: Printed for the Author, And Sold by J. Buckland, and T. Field. 1756. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, M.A.' 726 subscribers took 849 copies, of which 48 were on fine paper. Names include Miss Mary Edwards [cf. No. 23, above], Mrs Fludger, Hawkesworth, 'Mr Johnson', Mrs Masters, 'Mrs Willeberforce'. Several

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  names are of Yorkshire association. Williams 112; Life i.309, 312. SJ reviewed this book in the Literary Magazine, 6 (Sept.-Oct.), 282-288.[12]

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• 32. HILL, Aaron (1685-1750)

• The Works of the late Aaron Hill, Esq; In Four Volumes Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With an Essay on the Art of Acting. London: Printed for the Benefit of the Family. 1753. 4 vols. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, Esq;'. 1421 subscribers took 1432 copies of which 138 were on Royal paper. Names include Garrick, Gibbon, Handel, Hogarth, Richardson, 'Henry Thrale, Esq;', Horace Walpole, Wilkes, Wm. Windham, and many theatrical persons. Williams 111.

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• 33. KELLY, Hugh (1739-77)

• A Word to the Wise, A Comedy. As it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. Written by Hugh Kelly. . . . London, Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Dodsley . . . J. and E. Dilly . . . G. Kearsley . . . and T. Cadell. 1770. 8°

  'Dr J. 4 copies'. 836 subscribers took 1918 copies; several (47) are represented by initials only. Names include Boswell, Dr and Mrs Dodd, Samuel Foote, Revd Dr Franklin, Robert Fulton, Esq, 'Wm. Sam. Johnson, L.[?L.D.]', Mr. Johnson, Mr Murphy, Rev. Dr Percy, 'George Stevens', Dr Turton, and Mr Vyse. There are also several American Kellys.[13]

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• 34. LATES, David Francesco (d. 1777)[14]

• A New Method of easily attaining the Italian Tongue, according to the Instructions of Signor Veneroni . . . By David Francesco Lates . . . who Teaches in the University of Oxford. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by John Rivington . . . &c. 1762. 8°

  'Mr. Sam. Johnson, M.A. Pembr. Coll.' The list of subscribers is divided into one for the University of Oxford, and the second for Cambridge. Names are recorded with college affiliation. The Oxford list contains 361 names accounting

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  for 365 copies, and the Cambridge list of 154 names accounts for 155 copies. The Oxford list includes P. Beckford (New), T. Beauclerk (Trin.), Rev. Mr. Derby of St. John's, Winchester,[15] T. Huddesford (Trin.), Langton (Trin.), J. Loveday (Magd.), Sir James Macdonald (Ch.Ch.), H. Mayo (BNC), W. W. Pepys, Lucas Pepys, Henry Todd (Qu.), W. Tasker (Ex.), Vansittart (All S.), W. Vyse (BNC), Rev. [J.] Warton, Charles Weston (Ch.Ch.).

  There was a reissue with cancel title 'London: Printed for the Author . . .' dated 1766, with the same list of subscribers (NIC).

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• 35. LLOYD, Robert (1733-64)

• Poems. By Robert Lloyd, A.M. London: Printed for the Author, by Dryden Leach, and sold by T. Davies. . . . 1762. 4°

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson'. 696 subscribers took 760 copies. Names include Garrick, Hogarth, 'Mrs. Montague', Murphy, James Macpherson, Reynolds, Sheridan, Sterne, 'Dr. Taylor, Preb. of Westminster', the Wartons, and Wilkes. SJ's copy was sold by Christie (Johnson), 16 Feb. 1785, 535: Collins, 7s. 6d. A copy of Lloyd's 'Proposals' is in O-JJ, dated '18 Nov. 1760'. Tinker 1504, Rothschild 1332, Williams 113.

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• 36. LUCAS, Henry (fl. 1776-95)

• Poems to Her Majesty; to which is added a new Tragedy, entitled, The Earl of Somerset. . . . London: Printed for the Author by William Davis. . . . 1779. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' SJ's copy sold Christie (Johnson), 16 Feb. 1785, 335: 'Money', 9s. 6d. Life iii.532; SJ revised the Tragedy.[16]

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• 37. LUCIAN, of Samosata; trans. CARR, John (1732-97)

• Dialogues of Lucian from the Greek. London: Printed in the Year 1773. 8°

  'Dr. Johnson.' 213 subscribers took 263 copies. The list includes David Garrick, 'Mr Johnson' (twice), 'Mr Samuel Johnson', George Keate, The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton, The Rev. Mr. Langhorne, Laurence Sterne, The Rev. Mr. Warton, Mr. Whitehead, and Mr. Woty.[17]

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• 38. LUCIAN, of Samosata; trans. FRANCKLIN, Thomas (1721-84)

• The Works of Lucian, from the Greek, by Thomas Francklin, D.D. . . . London, Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. 1780. 2 vols. 4°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson'. 382 subscribers took 394 copies. Names include Thomas Barnard, Charles Burney, Sir Wm. Chambers, Richard Cumberland, Anthony Chamier, Thomas Davies, Richard Duppa, Garrick, Hawkesworth, John Hoole, Hugh Kelly, 'Langton, Esq;', Eliz. Montagu, Thomas Pennant, Reynolds, Ritson, Steevens, 'Rev. Dr Vyse', Jos. and Thomas Warton, and Benjamin West.

  Lonsdale; Francklin dedicated his Demonax to SJ (Life iv.34, 479-480). The 2nd ed. Dublin, 1760, of Francklin's The Centinel, incorporated SJ's Idler 6 in vol.ii (no. 125, 14 Dec. 1757), Courtney 83. (Proposals in O-JJ and Hyde).

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• 39. LYE, Edward (1694-1767)

• Dictionarium Saxonico et Gothico-Latinum. Auctore Edvardo Lye, A.M. Londini Excudebat Edm. Allen. . . . 1772. 2 vols. 2°

  'Rev. Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' 164 subscribers took 184 copies. Names include Thomas Astle, Goldsmith, Richard Gough, Heberden, Langton, Percy, Reynolds, Steevens, and Thomas Tyrwhitt.

  Despite the erroneous title given to SJ there can be little doubt of his identity; Letters 174, 174.1, 182 ('all the Club subscribes'), and Life ii.478.

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• 40. MARTIAL, M. Valerius; trans. ELPHINSTON, James (1721-1809)

• The Epigrams of M. Val. Martial, in Twelve Books: with a Comment: by James Elphinston. London: Printed by Baker and Galabin. . . . 1782. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.' 560 subscribers took 568 copies. A mainly Scottish list includes Jonas Hanway, Hugo Meynell, Reynolds, Sastres, R. B. Sheridan, and Bonnel Thornton. (Life iii.258; iv.170). On p. xxxviii are 30 more names of 'The Subscribers already called to superior Enjoyment', including Gen. Adolphus Oughton, and William Strahan, younger, Esquire, accounting for 31 copies. A 'Specimen' of Elphinston's translation, inviting subscribers, was issued in 24 pp. 4°, in 1778 (Copies: E(2), L, O; IU, NIC, PPL).

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• 41. MASTERS, Mary (fl. 1706-1759)

• Familiar Letters and Poems on several Occasions. London: For the Author. 1755. 8°

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  'Mr. Samuel Johnson, A.M., Author of the Rambler, &c.' 833 subscribers took 903 copies. Names include Mrs Carter, Mr Ed. Cave, Rev. Mr. Fawkes, A.M., Mrs Gardiner of Snow-hill, Cornet Charles Hay, Hawkesworth, Mrs Mary Jones of Oxford, Charlotte Lennox, Miss Mulso, Rev. Mr. Pennington, A.M., Miss Reynolds, Mr Raikes of Gloucester, Mr Sam. Richardson, and Sam. Whitbread. Williams 111-112, Life iv.526.

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• 42. MAURICE, Thomas (1754-1824)

• Poems and miscellaneous Pieces, with a free Translation of the Œdipus Tyrannus. . . . London: Printed for the Author. . . . 1779. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.' 262 subscribers took 304 copies. Names include Mr Angell, Wm. Jones, F.R.S., John Janes, W. J. Mickle, S. Parr, Percy, Reynolds, and John Scott. SJ contributed the Preface to a 'Free Translation of the Œdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles (pp. 149-152);[18] his copy was sold at Christie (Johnson), 16 Feb. 1785, 326: Wright, 10s. 6d. A copy of Maurice's 'Proposals' is in O.

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• 42A. MAURICE, Thomas (1754-1824)

• Westminster-Abbey: an elegiac poem. London: Printed for the Author. . . . 1784. 4°.

  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.' 199 subscribers took 263 copies. Names include Arthur Murphy, Samuel Parr, and Thomas Tyrwhitt.

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• 43. MIDDLETON, Conyers (1683-1750)

• The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In Two Volumes. . . . London: Printed for the Author. 1741. 2 vols. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, Esq.' 1816 subscribers took 1842 copies, of which 1189 were on Large Paper. Names include Jane and Mary Aston, Andrew Corbett of Morton Corbett, Wm. Duncombe, Samuel Dyer, Sir Cordell Firebrass, Thos. Osborne, Erasmus Philips, Alexander Pope, Revd. Dr Sterne, Wm. Somerville, Rev. Mr Vyse, and Gilbert Walmesley. Lonsdale 'not certain', though the associated names add plausibility to the identification. We are swayed by the presence of Osborne's name in the list.

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• 44. MILLER, James (1706-44)

• Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose. By Mr. Miller. Volume the First. London: Printed by J. Watts. . . . 1741. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, Esq;'. 153 subscribers took the same number of copies. Names include Mrs Clive, John Duncomb, Esq; James Harris, George Frederick Handel, Earl of Orrery, Arthur Onslow . . . Speaker, and 'The Reverend Mr. Walmesley'. Lonsdale 'not certain', though Walmesley's name may be a corroboration.

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• 45. MUSGRAVE, Samuel (1732-80)

• Two Dissertations: I. On the Grecian Mythology. II. An Examination of Newton's Objections to the Chronology of the Olympiads. London: J. Nichols. 1782. 8°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson. L.P.' 569 subscribers took 576 copies on ordinary paper, and 1239 on Large Paper. A copy of the Prospectus dated 'Nov. 1780', is O-JJ. The subscription was managed by Thomas Tyrwhitt (Lit. Anec. iii.149), Names include Rev. Dr. Adams, Jos. Banks, Gibbon, Langton, Lort, Malone, Paradise, Parr, Lucas Pepys, Percy, Reynolds, Sheridan, Steevens, J. Warton, and Sam. Whitbread. SJ's copy was sold Christie (Johnson) 16 Feb. 1785, 381: 'Money', los., and is now Hyde (Booklist 214).

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• 46. PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580)

• The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture. Translated by Isaac Ware. London: Published by Isaac Ware. 1738.[19]

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson.' This is an implausible identification with SJ: neither the subject matter nor his circumstances in 1738 suggest that he would have subscribed to such a work.

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• 47. PARKER, George (1732-1800)

• A View of Society and Manners in high and low Life; being the Adventures . . . of Mr. G. Parker. In Two Volumes. . . . London: Printed for the Author. 1781. 2 vols. 12°

  'Johnson, S.' 409 subscribers took 425 copies. Names are chiefly theatrical, but include 'Burke, Ed. Esq; Lincoln's-inn, Gardiner, Mrs., Griffiths, Mrs. Newmanstreet ., Johnson, Mr. Halfmoon-street., Vyse, Mr. West-Ham Abbey.' Lonsdale.

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• 48. PARKER, George (1732-1800)

• Humorous Sketches; Satyrical Strokes, and Attic Observations. By George Parker. . . . London: Printed for the Author, and sold by S. Hooper. n.d. [=1782]. 8°

  'Johnson, doctor, Samuel'. 438 subscribers took 454 copies. Again a mainly theatrical list of names includes Grimaldi, Henderson, 'Johnson, Mr. theatre D[rury]. L[ane]., Johnson, Mr. Ludgate hill, Johnson, theatre D.L.', Poore, esq; F. R. S. Lincoln's Inn Reynolds, and 'Wolstoncroft, mr. St. Katherine's'. Lonsdale.

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• 49. PARKER, George (1732-1800)

• Life's Painter of variegated Characters in public and private Life, with political Strokes. . . . London: J. Ridgway. . . . 1789. 8°

  'Doctor Samuel Johnson, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. 2 Copies.' The List of subscribers is headed, 'List of Subscribers who have honoured this Book, as likewise the Names of those Ladies and Gentlemen that subscribed to my former Productions', and contains 2204 names for 2262 copies. Again the names are chiefly theatrical, but include Baretti, Burke, 'Johnson, Mr. S., Johnson, Mr.', Reynolds, and Sheridan. The undated second edition refers to an omitted list of 2210 subscribers' names.[20] Lonsdale.

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• 50. PAYNE, John (d. 1787?)

• Evangelical Discourses. By John Payne. London Printed MDCCLXIII. 8°.

  'Mr. Samuel Johnson'. 109 subscribers took 133 copies. The list of names includes, 'Benjamin Franklin, Esq; of Philadelphia', Garrick, Hawkesworth (four copies), 'John Hawkins, Esq; of Twickenham, five copies', George Nares, 'Mr Thomas Payne, six copies', 'Mr John Ryland'.

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• 51. PENNY, Anne (1731-84)

• Poems, with a dramatic Entertainment. By **** *****. London: Printed for the Authour; and sold by J. Dodsley; P. Elmsly; T. Davies; and F. Newbery. n.d. [=1771]. 4°

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  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.' 168 subscribers took 196 copies. Names include Thomas Astle, Elizabeth Carter, Rev. Mr. Fawkes, Lord Lyttelton, Percy, Miss More, and Miss Williams. Williams 113; Courtney 35; Tinker 1657. AP's 'Anningait and Ajutt' (93-115) is dedicated to SJ (Life iv.421 n). See Lit. Illus. vi.153, 187.

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• 52. Poems upon Several Occasions. Pignus amicitiae. Oxford, Printed in the Year. MDCCLII. 1752.

• '--- Johnson, Esq;'. 179 subscribers (of whom 28 were 'Anonimous') took 277 copies. The list includes 'Bramstone, Esq;', Mr John Collins, 'Mr. Collins', Mrs Fielding, Richard Greaves, Esq; Mr Hervey, Mrs Lade, Mr Pye, Mr Richardson, and Mr Weston. Most names are without initials or Christian names.

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• 53. Poetical Pieces by several Hands. London: Printed for the Editor, J. Stevens. . . . 1752. 8°

• 'Mr. Samuel Johnson.' 404 subscribers took 461 copies. Names include Beauclerk, David Erskine Baker, Henry Baker, Mr. Wm. Cutts, Mrs Garrick, Mr Lawrence, MD, Lort, Mr. Penny, --- Tiers, Esq. The Dedication to Richard Glover is signed by 'John Stevens', but the 'Address to the Reader' is signed 'R. Richards'.

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• 54. RIDLEY, Glocester (1702-74)

• [Engr. title]: Melampus, a Poem in four Books, with Notes: by the late Glocester Ridley, D.D. [London:] Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall Mall. 1781. 4°

  'Dr. Samuel Johnson'. 218 subscribers (+2 added in MS in O copy) took 300 (=302) copies. Names include Banks. Beauclerk, Boswell, Burke, Gibbon, 'Samuel Johnson, Esq; Mile End', Langton, Lort, Percy, Reynolds, Steevens, Sheridan, Mrs Thrale, Tyrwhitt, Agmondesham Vesey, Vyse, Joseph Warton, Benjamin Way, and Michael Wodhull. Williams 113.

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• 55. ROGERS, Samuel (1730?-90)[21]

• Poems on various Occasions. Consisting of original Pieces, and Translations from some of the most admired Latin Classics . . . By S. Rogers, A.M. Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, and published by T. Shrimpton: sold in London by J. Dodsley . . . C. Dilly . . . and W. Goldsmith. 1782. 2 vols. 8°

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  'Johnson, Samuel, L.L.D.' 562 subscribers took 967 copies. Names include Thomas Bowdler, Daniel Lysons, Murphy, Revd. Wm. Tasker, Wm. Woty, and a large number of booksellers (with addresses). Forster.

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• 56. ROLT, Richard (1725?-70)

• Select Pieces, By the late R. Rolt. London: Printed in the Year M.DCC. LXXII. 1772. 8°

  Rolt issued Proposals in 4° and 8° in April 1769, and in a letter of 4 Dec. 1769 solicited a subscription from Dr William Hunter: 'Sir, I take the Liberty to send you the inclosed; desiring the Favour of adding your Name to the List of my Subscribers, among whom are . . . Doctor Samuel Johnson . . .' (MS Hyde). Proposals are in O-JJ in 4° and in 8°. The work was edited by Mary Rolt, Richard's widow, with a Dedication to Lady Sondes which refers to 'the following selection of the poetical productions of my late husband' (p. iv).

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• 57. RUCCELLAI, Giovanni (1475-1525)

• Rosamunda Tragedia Di Messer Giovanni Rucellai Patrozio Fiorentino; Ristampata Con Notizie Letterarie ed Annotazioni Di Giovanni Povoleri Vicentino . . . Londra 1779: Da' Torchj di Moore in Drury-Lane. . . .

  'S. Johnson, L.L.D.' 886 subscribers ('Associati') took 940 copies. The list is prefaced by the statement 'The Names of many respectable Subscribers came too late to be inserted, but they may receive their Books on applying to the Editor.' Names include Sig. Maestro Bach, Sigra Bach, Baretti (2), J. Barnard, Mrs Carter, M. Diderot, Mrs Garrick, Hawkins, '--- Macpherson', J. Paradise, Wm. Seward, '--- Thrale, Esq.', Mrs Thrale, Miss Thrale, R. Twiss, and M. Vestris. The book is dedicated to H. M. ('Queeney') Thrale: 'Alla dotta Sigra Thrale Giovanni Povoleri', and dated 28 May 1779.

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• 58. SHAW, William (1749-1831)

• A Galic and English Dictionary. Containing all the Words in the Scotch and Irish Dialects of the Celtic, that could be collected from the Voice, and old Books and MSS. By the Rev. William Shaw, A.M. London: Printed for the Author, by W. and A. Strahan. . . . 1780. 2 vols. 4°

  'Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.' 206 subscribers took 219 copies. Strahan printed 500 copies (BL. Add. MS. 48809 f.7), and lost money over the work. Half the copies were on fine (Medium) paper, and half on ordinary Demy. Presumably

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  the subscribers received the fine paper. Names include Banks, Burke, Boswell, Elphinstone, Alex. Maclean of Coll, Macpherson, Macleod of Raasay, Macleod of Macleod, Maclean of Lochbuy, Percy, and Alexander Trapaud. Life iii.488; Proposals in O-JJ.

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• 59. STATIUS, Publius Papinius; trans. LEWIS, William Lillington

• The Thebaid of Statius, translated into English Verse, with Notes and Observations; and a Dissertation upon the whole by way of Preface, by William Lillington Lewis. Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon-Press. 1767. 2 vols. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, Esq.' 471 subscribers took 509 copies. Names include Revd Dr Adams, Blackstone, Rev. Henry Bright of Abingdon, Robert Chambers, Dr Darwin of Lichfield, and several members of Pembroke College. Lonsdale.[22]

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• 60. TASKER, William (1740-1800)

• Select Odes of Pindar and Horace translated; and other original Poems. Exeter: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Dodsley . . . T. Becket . . . R.Davis . . . &c. 1780. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson. L.L.D. F.R.S.' 228 subscribers took 235 copies. Names include George Colman, Wm. Cruikshank, Capt. Garrick, Rev. Carrington Garrick, Wm. Hunter, John Hunter, --- Kenrick, L.L.D., Robt. Lowth, Hannah More, Reynolds, R. B. Sheridan, and Thomas Warton. Lonsdale; Life iii.374 n2.

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• 61. TASSO, Torquato (1544-95); trans. HOOLE, John (1727-1803)

• Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroick Poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso . . . by John Hoole. London: for the Author: And sold By R. and J. Dodsley . . . P. Vaillant . . . T. Davies . . . J, Newbery . . . Z. Stuart . . . J. Brotherton . . . D. Prince at Oxford; and W. Thurlbourne and J. Woodyer, at Cambridge. 1763. 2 vols. 8°

  'Samuel Johnson, M.A.' 332 subscribers took 352 copies. Names include Thomas Birch, James Bennet, Garrick, Goldsmith, Hawkesworth, Robert

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  James, Steevens, and Thomas Warton. SJ's copy is now Hyde (Booklist 88). SJ wrote the 'dedication'. Hazen 64; Life iv.70. 500 copies printed by Wm Bowyer.

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• 62. THEOCRITUS; trans, FAWKES, Francis (1720-77)

• The Idylliums of Theocritus. Translated from the Greek . . . by Francis Fawkes. London: Printed for the Author, by Dryden Leach. . . . 1767. 8°

  '* Samuel Johnson, M.A.' [* = royal paper]. 581 subscribers took 426 ordinary and 185 royal paper copies. SJ's copy was sold at Christie's (Johnson), 16 Feb. 1785, *563: E. Walker, 16s. 6d. FF recorded, 'The celebrated Mr. Samuel Johnson has corrected part of this work, and furnished me with some judicious remarks' (Preface, p. xx).

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• 63. TOUSEY, George Philip (d. 1782?)[23]

• Flights to Helicon: or, Petites Pieces, in Verse. By G. P. Tousey. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by T. W. Gisborne . . . and F. Newbery. 1768. 8°

  'Mr. Johnson'. 296 subscribers include few who might have been close associates of SJ, though there are Mr Hawkins, Miss Johnson, Mr Kelly, 'Mr Keneric', Mrs Reynolds, and Miss Reynolds.

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• 64. VIRGIL

• Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskerville. 1757. 4°

  'Sam. Johnson, A.M.' 513 subscribers took 558 copies. Names include Akenside, Mr Nicholas Battier, Merchant, London, the Earl of Chesterfield, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Gray, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Hervey [Aston], Thomas Pennant, Rich. Rawlinson, and Ralph Sneid. SJ presented his copy to Thomas Warton for Trinity College, Oxford (Booklist 272); Life ii.67, 485; Letters 215; Gaskell, Baskerville 1.

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• 65. WALTERS, John (1759-89)

• Poems, with Notes. By John Walters, Scholar of Jesus College, and Sub-Librarian

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  in the Bodleian Library. Oxford: sold by J. and J. Fletcher . . . G. Kearsley. 1780. 8°

  'Dr. Johnson'. 200 subscribers took 240 copies. Names include Rev. Dr. Adams, Charles Burney, Anthony Chamier, Rev. Rice Jones, Rev. John Keble, Wm. Scott, and Mrs Thrale.

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• 66. WARTON, Thomas, (1688?-1745)

• Poems on several Occasions. By the Reverend Mr. Thomas Warton. . . . London: Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox. . . . 1748. 8°

  'Mr. Johnson'. 332 subscribers took 431 copies. The list reveals the Wartons' Yorkshire connections, but includes Blackstone, Heberden, Miss Mulso, Jas. Merrick, Gen. Oglethorpe, and three Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford: Philip Hawkins, Mabbot, and John Pearsall. (Broadside prospectus, with attached receipt, in L.) Lonsdale 'not certain'.

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• 67. WOTY, William (1731?-91)

• The Shrubs of Parnassus. Consisting of a Variety of poetical Essays moral and comic. By J. Copywell. . . . London: for the Author; and sold by J. Newbery. 1760. 12°

  'Samuel Johnson, A.M.' 503 subscribers took 572 copies. Names include Derrick, Mr Franklin, Garrick, Mr Hawkins, R. James MD, Rolt, Dr Smollett, and Bonnell Thornton. SJ's copy was sold Christie (Johnson) 16 Feb. 1785, 246: Mathews, 16s. 6d. Williams 112; Life i.22, 382.

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• 68. WOTY, William (1731?-91)

• The Poetical Works of Mr. William Woty. London: Printed by G. Scott, for W. Flexney. 1770. 2 vols. 8°

  'Dr. Johnson'. 486 subscribers took 551 copies, though the list is incomplete, ending with the statement: 'With a Number of others, whose Names came too late to be inserted.' Names include Boswell, F. Fawkes, Garrick, Hugh Kelly, 'Mr. Reynolds', and 'Seward, Canon of Lichfield Cathedral'. Courtney 102, Williams 112.

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