- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Published / Created:
- 1755
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 728 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 841
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- 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.]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A General dictionary of the English language
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- Creator:
- La Vega, Francesco, d. 1804
Pozzi, Rocco, d. ca. 1780 - Published / Created:
- 1754
- Call Number:
- Folio J 176
- Collection Title:
- Le pitture antiche d’Ercolano e contorni incise con qualche spiegazione
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Geographic):
- Herculaneum (Extinct city) --Antiquities
- Subject (Name):
- Mural painting and decoration and Painting, Greco-Roman
- Subject (Topic):
- Achilles (Greek mythology) and Chiron (Greek mythology)
- Collection Created:
- Napoli, Regia Stamperia, 1757-1779
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Achille e Chirone
- Creator:
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
- Published / Created:
- 1794-1812
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 527
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
- Description:
- Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7., Binding: contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. Spines gilt with red morocco gilt title labels., Formerly owned by Prince Albert. Ex libris Thomas Hughes. Formerly owned by the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. Formerly owned by Paula Peyraud. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2009., Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741-1821), author and diarist, published one of the first biographies of Samuel Johnson, Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786); her Thraliana, a combined diary and commonplace book, was not published until 1942., Ownership inscription on front flyleaf of volume 1: H. L. Piozzi. 1794., Ownership inscription on front pastedown of volume 8: H.R.H. given to him by her Majesty Victoria., and Piozzi's annotations range from brief notes on the text of the essays to lengthy anecdotes; quotations from and comments on other English authors; and social and historical observations. There are eight references to Samuel Johnson, and several to the Prince of Wales; other historical figures mentioned include the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Nelson. Historical observations include the disappearance of road signposts; changes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays; variations in women's fashions and in attitudes toward women authors. Piozzi also includes personal reminiscences and corrections to the text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes, Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes, Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership, Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph, and Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading--Great Britain, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, English prose literature--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), and Women writers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.
- Creator:
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
- Published / Created:
- 1794-1812
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 527
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
- Description:
- Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7., Binding: contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. Spines gilt with red morocco gilt title labels., Formerly owned by Prince Albert. Ex libris Thomas Hughes. Formerly owned by the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. Formerly owned by Paula Peyraud. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2009., Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741-1821), author and diarist, published one of the first biographies of Samuel Johnson, Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786); her Thraliana, a combined diary and commonplace book, was not published until 1942., Ownership inscription on front flyleaf of volume 1: H. L. Piozzi. 1794., Ownership inscription on front pastedown of volume 8: H.R.H. given to him by her Majesty Victoria., and Piozzi's annotations range from brief notes on the text of the essays to lengthy anecdotes; quotations from and comments on other English authors; and social and historical observations. There are eight references to Samuel Johnson, and several to the Prince of Wales; other historical figures mentioned include the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Nelson. Historical observations include the disappearance of road signposts; changes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays; variations in women's fashions and in attitudes toward women authors. Piozzi also includes personal reminiscences and corrections to the text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes, Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes, Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership, Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph, and Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading--Great Britain, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, English prose literature--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), and Women writers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.
- Published / Created:
- 1787 December
- Call Number:
- A89 Am35527
- Collection Title:
- The American magazine, containing a miscellaneous collection of original and other valuable essays
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- In ink at end of title: By Noah Webster Esq., In pencil at top center: "c" with a vertical line through it., and Top right corner of title page has been removed.
- Subject (Name):
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Collection Created:
- [S.l. : s.n.], 1787-1788 (New York, N.Y. : Printed by Samuel Loudon)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The American Magazine ...
- Published / Created:
- 1776 July 8
- Call Number:
- Folio AN7 H3 C76
- Collection Title:
- The Connecticut courant and the weekly intelligencer
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Imperfect: mutilated with some loss of text.
- Collection Created:
- Hartford, Conn
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Connecticut courant and the weekly intelligencer
- Published / Created:
- 1794 June 4
- Call Number:
- AN33 N5 H413
- Collection Title:
- The Herald: a gazette for the country
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- In ink along bottom of page: "Note: This is the introduction of the practice of printing a newspaper for country subscribers by taking columns composed for a daily paper & making a new form without recomposition. NW". and In ink at top of page: N.
- Subject (Name):
- Bunce, George, 1764?-1817 and Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Collection Created:
- New-York [N.Y.] : George Bunce, & Co., 1794-1797
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Herald: a gazette for the country
- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Published / Created:
- 1759
- Call Number:
- Im J637 759
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Manuscript notations throughout. and Pastedown inscribed by Anne Richardson.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ... and W. Johnston ...
- Subject (Name):
- Richardson, Anne, d. 1803
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Prince of Abissinia : a tale in two volumes
- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Published / Created:
- 1759
- Call Number:
- Im J637 759
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Manuscript notation on p. [45]. and Pastedown inscribed by Anne Richardson.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ... and W. Johnston ...
- Subject (Name):
- Richardson, Anne, d. 1803
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Prince of Abissinia : a tale in two volumes
- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Published / Created:
- 1759
- Call Number:
- Im J637 759
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Manuscript notations throughout. and Pastedown inscribed by Anne Richardson.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ... and W. Johnston ...
- Subject (Name):
- Richardson, Anne, d. 1803
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Prince of Abissinia : a tale in two volumes