London, 1738 and 1748, [and], The vanity of human wishes, 1749 and 1755 / Samuel Johnson
| dc.contributor | Burnard, Lou University of Oxford Text Archive Oxford University Computing Services Oxford |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Menston |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T15:54:04Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T15:54:04Z |
| dc.date.created | 1738-1749 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0075 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0075 |
| dc.description.abstract | Facsimile reprints of London, originally published, London : Printed for R. Doddesley [i.e. Dodsley], 1738 with original t.p.: London : a poem in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal., and Vol. 1. pp. 101-115 in A collection of poems by several hands, London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1748; Vanity of human wishes, originally published, London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1849 with original t.p.: The vanity of human wishes : the tenth satire of Juvenal imitated by Samuel Johnson, and Vol. 4. pp. 156-170 in A collection of poems by several hands, London : Printed by J. Hughes, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755 London reproduced from 1st folio ed. in Edinburgh University Library (shelfmark *S.18.32/8) and from British Museum copy of Dodsley's Collection (shelfmark 11602 c.6); Vanity of human wishes reproduced from British Museum copies of 1749 quarto (shelfmark 840 K.4(6)) and Dodsley's Collection (shelfmark C.117.aa.16) |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | English poetry -- 18th century |
| dc.subject.other | Poems |
| dc.title | London, 1738 and 1748, [and], The vanity of human wishes, 1749 and 1755 / Samuel Johnson |
| dc.type | Text |
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| identifier.ee | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/johnssamue002091 |
| identifier.ee | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/johnssamue002091 |
| identifier.lccn | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095825 |
| identifier.lccn | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095825 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1700-1799 |
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