Set Books: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Vols I-IV by Samuel Johnson prints Green cloth cover with gilt

Green cloth cover with gilt lettering and oval portrait reserve

Width 12 Depth 9 Height 4

It displays from an aerial view of a snow covered a meandering flowing river with branches

Silver: unmarked

Set Books: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Vols I-IV by Samuel Johnson prints Green cloth cover with giltDETAILS An antique set of leather bound poetry books by Samuel Johnson in four volumes. TITLE The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works PUBLISHER C. Bathurst, J. Duckland, W. Strahan PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Acquired from: Bretano's Fine and Rare Books (New York, New York, 1853 2011) BINDING Full contemporary calf. Gilt tooled. ILLUSTRATED Portrait plate frontispiece