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Excerpt from The Library of John Monks, Jr., New York City: Comprising Fine Standard Sets, General Literature, a Splendid Copy of Shakespeare's Works, Fourth Folio Edition, 1685, and Miscellaneous Books, Also Collection of Lincolniana Property of a New York Gentleman; With a Few Additions
This Second Edition was much enlarged from the First, 1779-81. Johnson (samuel) The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. 4 vols. In two, 12mo, Old calf. London, 1793. Johnson (samuel) The Works of. Edited by A. Chalmers. Portrait. 12 vols., 12mo, mottled calf, gilt backs. London, 1806. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
