| Notes: | "The Rambler" was published semiweekly from Mar. 20, 1750, to Mar. 14, 1752. Of the 208 numbers all were by Johnson except no. 10, by Hester Mulso, afterward Mrs. Chapone; no. 30, by Catherine Talbot; no. 97, by Richardson; no. 44 and 100, by Elizabeth Carter. Parts of no. 15 and 107 are by unknown correspondents. cf. Courtney, Bibl. of Johnson, etc.
"The Idler" included essays which first appeared weekly in the Universal chronicle, April 15, 1758 to April 5, 1760, by Samuel Johnson, with the exception of 12 papers contributed by Thomas Warton, Bennet Langton, and Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Collective title page dated 1823.
Includes engraved, illustrated added t.p.
Illustrated t.p. engraved by Mr. Thompson; plates engraved by Messrs Rogers, Lacey, Brown, and Simmons, all from paintings by Corbould.
Frontispiece: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. engraved by Mr. R. Page from the admired painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
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Reprint of The Rambler originally published: London : J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1750-1752.
Reprint of The Idler originally published: London : J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1758-1760.
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