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An edition of Dr. Johnson and the King's Library (1955)

Dr. Johnson and the King's Library

with a facsimile of Johnson's letter to the King's Librarian from the original in the British Museum : for the annual dinner of the Johnsonians to commemorate Johnson's two hundred and forty-sixth birthday

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Dr. Johnson and the King's Library
Edward Lippincott McAdam Jr, S...
Dr. Johnson and the King's Library by Edward Lippincott McAdam Jr, Samuel Johnson, British Library, Johnsonians (Society), British Museum. MSS. (Additional 39303), Edward Lippincott McAdam Jr, Samuel Johnson, British Library, Johnsonians (Society), British Museum. MSS. (Additional 39303)
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An edition of Dr. Johnson and the King's Library (1955)

Dr. Johnson and the King's Library

with a facsimile of Johnson's letter to the King's Librarian from the original in the British Museum : for the annual dinner of the Johnsonians to commemorate Johnson's two hundred and forty-sixth birthday

by , , , , and

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Harvard University Printing Office
Language
English
Pages
22

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Book collecting
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Dr. Johnson and the King's Library: with a facsimile of Johnson's letter to the King's Librarian from the original in the British Museum : for the annual dinner of the Johnsonians to commemorate Johnson's two hundred and forty-sixth birthday
1955, Harvard University Printing Office
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Edition Notes

"One hundred and twenty-five copies on Arches mold-made paper printed at the Harvard University Printing Office ... for the Johnsonians' dinner at the Grolier Club in New York, 30 September 1955"--Colophon.

"The letter ... together with two other letters of Johnson's ... now recorded as Add MS. 39303 [British Museum]"--P. [21].

Johnson's letter to Frederick Augusta Barnard outlines what he thought the library of King George III (now in the British Library) should contain and expresses his views on book collecting.

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Cambridge, Mass.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
928.2
Library of Congress
PR3533 .A29 1955a

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Pagination
[22] p.
Number of pages
22

Edition Identifiers

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OL61542348M
LCCN
56024377
OCLC/WorldCat
5688267

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Work ID
OL45127628W

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