Published on April 15, 1755 and written largely single-handedly by Samuel Johnson. Sometimes published as "Johnson's Dictionary." The first edition was published in two folio volumes; later editions were published in four volumes.
Description:
Four volume printer's proof with manuscript notes throughout.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton [etc.]
De partitione oratoria M.T. Ciceronis dialogvs and Partitiones oratoriae
Description:
From the collection of E.K. Schreiber (Firm). Ms. ownership inscriptions on t.p.: Ex conventu minimorum Romanens[is][?]. Bookplate on front pastedown: Sem. Maj. Valentin. Some ms. notes in margins (bled). Ms. remnants used in binding., Includes index., and Signatures: a-x⁸ y¹⁰.
Publisher:
Seb. Gryphium excudebat Lugduni,
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.--Partitiones oratoriae., E.K. Schreiber (Firm) Ownership., Gryphius, Sebastianus, 1493-1556, printer., Minims (Religious order) Ownership., Sem. Maj. Valentin Bookplate., Strébée, Jacques-Louis, d. ca. 1550., and Valla, Giorgio, 1447-1500.
Delle cose antiche della citta di Roma. and Roman antiquities. Italian
Description:
From the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal. On slip tipped onto the free front endpaper is a note in an 18th cent. hand, probably by Matteo Luigi Canonici, stating that the extensive ms. notes are in the hand of Remigio Fiorentino [i.e. Remigio Nannini]., Imprint from colophon., Multiple folded untrimmed leaves., and Signatures: *⁴ A-4M⁴.
Publisher:
Per Nicolo Bascarini á instantia de miser Michel Tramezzino,
Subject (Geographic):
Rome--Antiquities. and Rome--History.
Subject (Name):
Bascarini, Niccolò, active 1541-1554, printer., Canonici, Matteo Luigi,--1727-1805--Ms. notes., Nannini, Remigio,--1521?-1581?--Ms. notes., Rosenthal, Bernard M.--Ownership., Tramezzino, Michele, -1579, printer., and Venturi, Francesco.
Himno patriotico compuesto por Manuel Maria Jimenez, para que se cantase en este coliseo en la funcion de la Excma. junta provincial, lo que no se verifico por no haberlo permitido el censor. p.[5]-8.