JOHNSON, Samuel. Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. 1749. FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON'S ONLY PLAY.
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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London: R. Dodsley, 1749.
8vo (203 x 127 mm). Half-title. Contemporary marbled wrappers (extremities rubbed); folding cloth chemist.
FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON'S ONLY PLAY. Courtney and Smith, p. 24.
[With:] JOHNSON. A History and Defense of the Magna Charta. London: J. Bell, 1769. 8vo. Modern cloth. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Johnson's Magna Charta, reprinted from his collection Works of 1710.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia
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