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1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
By James Boswell
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed
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Antique 1820s British Books

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Paper

1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
H 9.5 in W 10 in D 6.6 in
James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Extra Illustrated 10 Vols, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOSWELL, James. TITLE: The Life Of Samuel Johnson. PUBLISHER: London: John Murray
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Antique 1830s British Books

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Leather

A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1786 - 2 volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
; Vol. 2: Title page, Life of Samuel Johnson, Lexicon L through Z in triple column, Appendix
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Antique Late 18th Century English Books

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Gold Leaf

The Works of Samuel Johnson. 12 vols. NEW EDITION - 1810 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel. TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And Genius
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Antique 1810s American Books

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Leather

21st Century Johnson Armchair Oak Linen
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
interested in. Samuel Johnson, who was described so many times as” one of the most distinguished man of
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Armchairs

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Walnut

21st Century Johnson Armchair Oak Linen
21st Century Johnson Armchair Oak Linen
H 35.44 in W 40.56 in D 35.63 in
1786 A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
Located in Bath, GB
. Samuel Johnson was a noted English author of the eighteenth century, well perceived in his friend James
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Antique 1780s European Books

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Paper

Samuel J. Woolf Antique Litho: First Aid Station at Seicheprey
Located in New York, NY
Collection. Painter, lithographer, illustrator Samuel Johnson Woolf, 1880-1948, was born in New York City
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

21st Century James Bar Chair Oak Cotton Velvet
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
the brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson. So honoring one of the best biographers of all
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Club Chairs

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Oak

21st Century James Bar Chair Oak Cotton Velvet
21st Century James Bar Chair Oak Cotton Velvet
H 38.59 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
21st Century James Dining Chair Walnut Wood Handmade in Portugal by Wood Tailors
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson. So honoring one of the best biographers of all times
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Dining Room Chairs

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Walnut

Antique 18th Century Georgian Oak Paneled Box Pub Tavern Settle Bench 1750
Located in Portland, OR
the mid 1700s in London and the provinces, one can imagine such luminaries & writers such as Dr Samuel
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Antique 1750s English George II Benches

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Oak

Recollections of the Table Talk of Samuel Rogers to which is added, Porsoniana;
Located in Middletown, NY
include Lord Byron, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Antique 19th Century English Books

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Leather, Paper

1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
By Homer, Alexander Pope
Located in Bath, GB
first planned in 1713. It appeared in parts from 1715-1720 and was hailed by Samuel Johnson as 'a
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Vintage 1930s British Books

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Paper

1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
H 11 in W 6.5 in D 2 in
Marble Portrait Bust of Edward Willes by John Bacon
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
writer, Samuel Johnson. In his later life, Bacon directed model making and design at Coade’s Artificial
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Busts

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Marble, Statuary Marble

Spa Visitors in 18th Century Tunbridge Wells, After a 1748 Sketch
Located in Langweer, NL
around 1740. These figures include: 1. Dr. Johnson (likely Samuel Johnson, the famous lexicographer and
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Antique 1890s Prints

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Paper

London. Portrait of a City 'Piccadilly Circus’ Color Print & Limited Ed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s
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20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

London. Portrait of a City 'Traffic Policeman' Color Print & Limited Ed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s
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20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
edition". With notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, this edition was revised and augmented by
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Antique 1810s British Books

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Paper

1788 The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
Samuel Johnson and George Stevens, a highlight of this particular edition. Volumes I & II: Prolegomena
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Antique 1780s British Books

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Paper

"Crawford Women", 19th Century Wax Relief Portraits, Framed By Chapman Bros
Located in Detroit, MI
included Samuel Johnson, Isaac Watts, Richard Colt Hoare, Sir Frederic Madden, Thomas Garnier, Anthony
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1850s More Art

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Wax

The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology Bird Animal Art
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a considerable collection of art and other works
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1760s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper

London - Portrait of a City, Paul Smith Edition ‘Traffic Policeman’
Located in Toronto, ON
Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s
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21st Century and Contemporary More Art

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Archival Paper, Other Medium

A pair of Harbour views
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Size - 15 x 15 in Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in John Samuel Willes Johnson (1793-1863) was a British
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Boates moored, with the tide going out
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
1830 lower right Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in John Samuel Willes Johnson
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

The Harbour at low tide
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
left Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in John Samuel Willes Johnson (1793-1863) was
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Muse
Located in London, GB
Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Bannister, Joseph Munden, Charles James Fox, William
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Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland: Mezzotint After a Painting by J. Reynolds
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Alamo, CA
and Samuel Johnson. In 1768, Reynolds was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Arts, and he
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

Autumn Landscape
By William Merritt Post
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
-four, he began taking drawing lessons from the relatively unknown Samuel Frost Johnson. By 1880, Post
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

15 Vols. William Shakespeare. The Plays
Located in New York, NY
commentators to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Fourth Edition With A Glossarial
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Antique Late 18th Century English Books

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Leather

An 18th C Carnelian Intaglio Of David Garrick As A Ring
Located in London, GB
also transformed audience behaviour and etiquette which led Samuel Johnson to remark "his profession
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Antique Late 18th Century English Classical Roman Signet Rings

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Carnelian, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Untitled (My Neighbor's Garden)
By Sheila Crider
Located in New York, NY
the Bona Fide Adam’s Rib-type Woman, Eve (1982); shi & him (with Samuel Johnson, 1985); Learning, The
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Romantic Oil Portrait Painting in the style of Joshua Reynolds
By (Circle of) Joshua Reynolds
Located in Leicester, GB
in 1741. His distinguishing characteristic was what Samuel Johnson called his 'universality'. A close
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Late 18th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Works of Samuel Johnson, 12 Vols, New Edition, 1810, in a Fine Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel. TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And
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Antique 1810s British Books

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Leather

Samuel Johnson — A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Located in Middletown, NY
T84319 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson (1709
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Antique Late 18th Century English Books

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Leather, Paper

18th Century Portrait Painting of a Young Girl Wearing a Pink Bonnet
By Sir William Beechey
Located in Bath, Somerset
Peyraud (1947-2008) Bloomsbury, New York, 'The Paula Peyraud Collection: Samuel Johnson and women writers
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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert RI (1876-1927) - 1911 Oil, David Garrick
By Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert
Located in Corsham, GB
pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. His accomplishments led Johnson to remark that "his profession
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Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

London, Portrait of a City, XL Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
London Calling A photographic journey through the history of this epic city Samuel Johnson
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

London, Portrait of a City, XL Book
London, Portrait of a City, XL Book
H 13.4 in W 9.8 in D 3 in
English 18th century Portrait of a Dorset Yeomanry Officer in Military uniform
By Thomas Beach
Located in Woodbury, CT
number of friends from London's intelligentsia, numbered amongst whom were Dr Samuel Johnson, Oliver
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Pair of Naples-Decorated Porcelain Ornithological Glass Cooler/Rinser/Monteith
Located in New York, NY
reference includes Dr. Samuel Johnson’s famous "Dictionary" (London, 1775), here he described a monteith as
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Antique 1830s Italian Neoclassical Tableware

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Porcelain

The Father and Brother of Benjamin West
By Benjamin West
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Markham, then Headmaster of Westminster School, introduced West to Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Thomas
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1870s Victorian Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

AU SALON
By Georges Yatridès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rights proposed by its director Samuel E. Johnson. In 1958 he was in an exhibition, "Drawings and
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1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dr. Samuel Johnson.
By William Doughty
Located in Storrs, CT
William Doughty(1757-1792) after Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792). Dr. Samuel Johnson
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Academic Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

The Life of Johnson by James Boswell, Esq., Two Limited Editions
By James Boswell
Located in valatie, NY
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, Esq., Partial Set of Two Limited Editions. New
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Antique Late 19th Century American Books

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Leather, Paper

1930's Vintage Barnard College, Columbia University Seal Black Onyx Ring
Located in Troy, MI
detail. The Columbia University seal was designed by President Samuel Johnson. Done in reverse so as to
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Antique 19th Century American Signet Rings

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Onyx, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

21st Century Walnut Wood James Dining Chair Linen
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
advocates of his time. James is best known for the brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Chairs

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Linen, Walnut

18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By Henry Pickering
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Wales, National Trust, Nottingham Castle Museum, Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, University of
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Antique English Aristocratic Portrait of Baronet, Fine Ancestral Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
colourful character and stories, real and spurious abound. In 1732 he appointed Samuel Johnson (1709–1784
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

9 Antique 18th & 19th Century Hard Back Leather Bound Books London England
Located in Dayton, OH
– by Samuel Johnson – Volume the Twenty-Eighth – The Poems of Sir Samuel Garth – Printed by A. Strahan
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Antique Early 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

Chris Whitty's Cat Limited Edition silver Pendant (Necklace)
By Grayson Perry
Located in New York, NY
through Gough Square where Samuel Johnson’s house is and a sculpture of his cat Hodge. When I saw this
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Silver

The Great Speckled Diver (Great Speckled Loon) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
of his day. His books influenced the writings of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a
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1760s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving

Portrait of Young Man Consulting Diagram - British 18thC portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
and women including Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Bannister, Joseph
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Two Boys with a Bird - British 18th century Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
had moved in 1791. Opie painted many notable men and women including Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Trees at the Cliff New Milford - PA" Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By William Merritt Post
Located in New York, NY
24, he began taking drawing lessons from Samuel Frost Johnson and by 1880, Post had already begun
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Old Bridge New Milford - PA" Impressionist Landscape Painting Oil on Wood Panel
By William Merritt Post
Located in New York, NY
community of New York. At the age of 24, he began taking drawing lessons from Samuel Frost Johnson and by
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Sunset at Forest's Edge
By William Merritt Post
Located in New Orleans, LA
unknown Samuel Frost Johnson. By 1880, Post had already begun painting Hudson River pictures on academic
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1920s Tonalist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

6 Volumes, Samuel Johnson, The Works
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson. Bound in full tan calf with borders in gilt
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Antique Early 1800s English Books

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Leather

6 Volumes, Samuel Johnson, The Works
6 Volumes, Samuel Johnson, The Works
H 8.5 in W 1.5 in D 5.75 in
9 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
9 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works. Bound in full tan calf with gilt tooling on the covers and
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Antique Early 19th Century British Books

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Leather

9 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works.
9 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works.
H 8.75 in W 5.5 in D 1.25 in
10 Volumes. James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson & Journal of the Tour to the Hebrides. Temple Bar
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Early 20th Century American Books

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Leather

Books, James Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson..." Extra-Illustrated Edition
Located in New York, NY
James Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson. Together with the Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with
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Antique 1880s English Books

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Leather, Paper

'Book Sets' 10 Volumes, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson. With a Journal of His Tour To The Hebrides
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Antique 19th Century British Books

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Leather

15 Volumes, James Boswell, Esq. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Located in New York, NY
15 Volumes. James Boswell, Esq. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Bound in full green morocco with
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Antique 1820s English Books

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Leather

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