Reissue. Originally published semi-weekly, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1749/50-1752. Of the 208 numbers, all were by Johnson except no. 10, by Hester Mulso, afterward Mrs. Chapone; no. 15 (2nd letter) by David Garrick; no. 30, by Catherine Talbot; no. 97, by Samuel Richardson; no. 44 and 100, by Elizabeth Carter; and no. 107 by Joseph Simpson, "a young lawyer of Lincoln's Inn." Cf. Fleeman.

The imprint is false. According to Fleeman, this is a pirated reprint of Fleeman 50.3R/31a (Edinburgh: Alex Chapman) with new preliminaries. "The names of respectable London booksellers enhance the piratical nature of this Edinburgh production."--Fleeman.

Signatures: v.2: [A]² B-2A⁶ [2B]1; v.2: [A]² B-Z⁶; v.3: [A]² B-2A⁶; v.4: [A]² B-U⁶ X-Z⁴ 2A².

Vol. 1: iv, 277, [1] p. (last p. blank); v.2: iv, 262, [2] p. (last [2] p. blank); iv, 274, [2] p. (last [2] p. blank); v.4: iv, 255, [1] p. (last p. blank).

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Fleeman, J.D. Samuel Johnson, 50.3R/31b