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1753 1st ed The Adventurer Samuel Johnson

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1753 1st ed The Adventurer British Magazine Samuel Johnson English Literature

The Adventurer was a British newspaper that was published after the success of ‘The Rambler.’ Samuel Johnson and John Hawkesworth are main contributors. This first volume includes poetry, allegorical stories, plays, historical learning (ancient vs modern techniques), ancient literature of Horace, and theories of how to please God.

Item number: #587

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JOHNSON, Samuel; HAWKESWROTH, Jonathan

The adventurer : volume the first

London : Printed for J. Payne, at Pope's Head in Pater-noster row. MDCCLIII. [1753]. First edition.

Details: Collation complete with all pages: volume I only – 420p

Signatures: [A]1, a2, B-Y, 2Y, Z-Aaaa

Binding: leather binding & boards, gold embossed stamp on boards; tight and secure

References: Rothschild 1120; Courtney & Nichol Smith p. 39; Chapman & Hazen p. 136

“É Title-pages, Contents, and Mottoes were issued in 1753 and 1754" (C&H)

Language: English

Size: ~12.25in X 7.75in (31cm x 20cm)

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