Prayers and Meditations,; . . . Published from his Manuscript by George Strahan, A.M.
by Johnson, Samuel
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- Condition
- The verso of the title page has been filled with a handwritten prayer text; bookplate on front pastedown; front cover partially
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About This Item
London: T. Cadell, 1785. Second Edition. The verso of the title page has been filled with a handwritten prayer text; bookplate on front pastedown; front cover partially detached; edge rubbed and leather rather dry.. 8vo, xvi, 233, [1]pp; contemporary calf, rebacked. A posthumous publication, and so intended by Johnson, this second edition includes three prayers that were not in the first edition of the same year. From the library of Charles Asa Clough, Bishop of Springfield, with his bookplate -- and presumably his annotation.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 206001
- Title
- Prayers and Meditations,; . . . Published from his Manuscript by George Strahan, A.M.
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - The verso of the title page has been filled with a handwritten prayer text; bookplate on front pastedown; front cover partially
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1785
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