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Dr. Johnson: His Friends and His Critics by George Birkbeck Hill, ND (c.1878-91). A large 11" x 16" bound 415-page book, that includes all 345 pages of the 1878 first edition given as a presentation copy to author's son, Edward Maurice Hill, dated August 27, 1891. The original 1878 edition published in London by Smith, Elder and Company, had no illustrations. This one-of-a-kind book--with 70 full-page engravings, collotypes, and tipped-in photographs bound on pages near the appropriate text--was cited by Hill in a letter to Mr. Scudder on deposit at the Boston Public Library [bMS Am 1925 (847)], where he notes that "All the portraits I had bound up in a book to give them to my eldest son on his wedding day." The text pages are printed in their original 4.5" x 7" size in the center of 11" x 16" [untrimmed first edition?] pages.
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The illustrations included in this book are as follows
facing page size (in inches) description
title pg - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "Samuel Johnson, LL.D."
dedication pg - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "Birthplace of Sir Rowland Hill Kidderminster"
preface pg - 4x5 pasted photo [collotype?] of portrait of author, George B Hill
xii - 9x13 printed facsimile of proposal for Barry portrait from life of SJ
xii - 9x13 engraving" "Doctor Samuel Johnson" by James Barry, 1808.
5 - 7x10 sepia-toned print, collotype, or engraving: "M. Addision"
7 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "H. Aldrich" orig by Harding, engraved by Brown
8 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "View of Litchfield" drawn by Stanfield, engraved by Finden
10 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "Grammar School Lichfield" & "Edial Hall near Lichfield," 1835
12 - 4x5 engraving: "Sir Thomas Browne, MD of Norwich from original in Physicians Hall, London"
14 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "Michael Johnson by E. Finden from orig in possession of Mr. Murray"
15 - 5x6 engraved page: "John Hall, Bishop of Bristol, 1691"
17 - 5x7 pasted photo of early drawing: "Collegium Pembrochianum"
19 - 6x7 engraving: "William Camden by G.B. Harding & J. Brown"
21 - 8x10 pasted engraved page: "Willm Shenston Esq, 1795, from an orig in possession of W.G. Walron"
23 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "Facsimiles of Autographs illlustrative of the Life of Dr. SJ," 1835
26 - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "Sir John Hawkins, 1794, from an orig. by I. Roberts in the Music School, Oxford"
35 - 5x7 pasted photo of early drawing of large round meeting room [Sheldonian Theatre?]
38 - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "Rev. Richard Graves A.M., Rector of Claverton" 1806
43 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "James Oglathorpe, sketched by Sam. Ireland, 1835"
60 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "George I, painted by Kneller, engraved by Worhtington, 1823"
73 - 6x9 pasted 1777 engraved page: "Honorable Mr. Justice Blackstone, painted by Gainsborough, 1773"
76 - 10x14 engraving: "Robert Lowth, D.D. Lord Bishop of London from the orig by L.E. Pine in possession of Rev. Robert Lowth, M.A., 1809"
83 - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "Horace Walpole"
90 - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "Thomas Hearne M. A. of Edmund Hall Oxon., 1729"
93 - 9x12 pasted facsimile page: "...letter from Richard Lavage to Dr. Thomas Birch" 1835
97 - 10x14 two pasted pages of original letter (or facsimile) by SJ to "Mrs. Johnson at Mrs. Crooks..." dated Jan. 31, 1739
98 - 8x10 pasted engraved page: "Lord Macaulay"
101 - 9x12 pasted 1740 engraved page: "E. Cave"
103 - 9x12 pasted 1740(?) engraved page: "St. John's Gate" and partial facsimile of letter dated 1727
108 - 9x12 pasted facsimile page: "Extract of a letter from Dr. J to Ednid Cave, 1738"
110 - 6x9 engraving: "William Robertson, D.D. from a portrait by Joshua Reynolds"
114 - 9x11 engraving: "H. Thrale" from a portrait by Joshua Reynolds, engraved by Scriven
130 - 6x9 pasted engraved page: "James Boswell of Auchinleck, Esq." from a portrait by Joshua Reynolds
132 - 6x9 pasted photo of "Mrs. Anne Williams from an oil painting in the possession of the Ladies Charity School"
134 - 9x12 pasted facsimile page: "Facsimile of a letter from Edmund Hector to James Boswell, 1836"
136 - 6x7 engraving: "Garrick" from a portrait by Joshua Reynolds engraved by Geremia
138 - 9x12 pasted 1836 engraved page: "The Residence of Catherine Clive" and partial facsimile of letter from Clive to Garrick
142 - 9x12 pasted 1835 engraved page: "Dr. Samuel Johnson's House" [Fleet St.]
147 - 9x12 two pasted facsimile pages: "Facsimile of Boswell's Handwriting from a letter in the Bodleian Library, 1792"
150 - 9x11 pasted 1833 engraved page: "John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute" from an orig. by Ramsay in collection of the Marquis of Bute,"
152 - 5x7 pasted 1798 engraved page: "Dr Mudge by P. Brown"
154 - 8x11 pasted 1804 engraved page: "Sir William Jones Kn. drawn by AW. Devis"
158 - 8x11 pasted 1796 engraved page: "Edward Lord Thurlow" from portrait by Reynolds, engraved by Schiavenetti
161 - 7x9 engraved proof page: "Adam Smith from a Medallion executed in [his] lifetime by Tafsiel"
164 - 7x9 pasted engraved page: "Thomas Percy, D.D., Lord Bishop of Dromore"
168 - 8x11 pasted 1789 engraved page: "Sir Joshua Reynolds" from portrait by Reynolds, engraved by Watson
173 - 8x11 pasted 1822 engraved page: "Hume" engraved by Engleheart
176 - 8x11 pasted facsimile [collotype] page: "Hume's Last Letter to Strahan" dated 1776, Oxford Press
186 - 9x14 two pasted facsimile [collotype] pages: "...Round Robin Addresses to Dr. Johnson, 1776" Oxford Press
194 - 6x8 pasted engraved page: "Thomas Sheridan, A.M." from portrait by Stewart, engraved by Scott
197 - 9x11 pasted engraved page: "James MacPherson Esq., b.1738, d.1796" from portrait by Reynolds, engraved by Bond
200 - 9x11 pasted 1806 engraved page: "William Cowper Esq., b.1731, d.1800" from portrait by Lawrence, engraved by Bartolorzi
211 - 9x12 pasted 1836 engraved page: "Resident of Thomas Davies, Russell St..." with facsimile letter excerpt
214 - 5x7 pasted engraved page: "Philip Dormer Stanhope...1742..." orig in collection at Stowe
220 - 9x12 engraving: "Philip Earl of Hardwicke...Engraved by C. Bestland from a Picture by Wm. Hoarel...1803..."
227 - 7x10 pasted engraved page: "George Lord Lyttelton, From a Painting by Mr. West in the Possession of the Bishop of Bristol"
238 - 10x14 engraving: "John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough...drawn by Wm. Derby...engraved by.R. Cooper...1823"
240 - 10x14 engraving: "Richard Cumberland Esq....1814" orig. by J. Clover, drawn by J. Jackson, engraved by E. Scriven
248 - 9x12 pasted engraved page: "G. Warton" orig by Reynolds, engraved by E Scriven, 1836
252 - 7x9 pasted engraved page: "Judge Hale"
260 - 9x12 pasted 1836 engraved page: "Kettel Hall, Broad Street, Oxford" with facsimile Warton letter excerpt
262 - 7x9 pasted engraved page: "Robert Dodsley" orig by Reynolds, engraved by Prescott, 1836
280 - 9x12 pasted engraved page: "T. Beauclerk From a Picture in the Possession of Lord Holland...1836"
284 - 9x12 pasted engraved page: "Charle II" orig. in the possession of Henry Smith, published by J. Lendrum
293 - 7x10 pasted engraved page: "Edward Gibbon"
296 - 10x14 engraving: "John Earl of Charlemont Published by Willm. Eaniell...1814"
319 - 8x11 pasted engraved page: "Dr. Goldsmith" orig by Reynolds, proof of engraving by Wivell
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