Samuel Johnson

[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] - Samuel JOHNSON; and others. [Sammelband of fourteen pamphlets relating to affairs in the American colonies and the American Revolution, plus another pamphlet on post- revolutionary British tea duties]

[London: Various publishers and dates, as described below]. Second item incomplete, lacking final three pages of text (pp.89-91, see note below). Two volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco spine labels. Label on second volume chipped, with half the label lacking. Minor wear to bindings. Titlepage of first item stained, an occasional fox mark or some soiling, but on the whole very clean. Very good. A remarkable collection of tracts relating to the American Revolution, including some of great rarity A remarkable sammelband, bringing together fourteen scarce and important British tracts relating to the grievances of the American colonies and the prosecution of the war with the American revolutionaries. These two volumes were assembled by Francis Ferrand Foljambe (1749-1814), a British politician and book collector, and they have Foljambe's initials and family crest at the foot of both spines. Foljambe was elected a member of Parliament for Yorkshire in 1784, High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1787, and was a member of Parliament from Northamptonshire from 1801 to 1810. Included in these two volumes are two scarce essays by Samuel Johnson, a response to Johnson (possibly penned by John Wilkes), a rare tract by the secretary to the British Admiral Lord Howe, two essays by Joseph Galloway, the leading Loyalist spokesman in the American colonies, and several other works that are little-known and even less well-studied. Several of the titles defend the actions of the British crown, others are critical of its course, but virtually all (save the Wilkes tract) are united in opposition to American independence. They range from theoretical treatises on the nature of liberty and citizenship, to considerations of the right to tax, to denunciations of the actions and arguments of the Americans. The titles, in the order in which they appear, are: 1) Johnson, Samuel: The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain.. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1774. [2],33pp. "The Second Edition," issued just a few weeks after the first. A scarce work by Dr. Johnson, written at the behest of his friends in the North Ministry, and strongly in defense of the Quebec Act. The Quebec Act, one of what became known generally as the "Intolerable Acts," angered an American populace already on its way to outright rebellion against Great Britain. Johnson includes a vociferous recitation of what a patriot is and is not, a part of which reads: "That man therefore is no Patriot, who justifies the ridiculous claims of American usurpation; who endeavours to deprive the nation of its natural and lawful authority over its own colonies; those colonies, which were settled under English protection; were constituted by an English charter; and have been defended by English arms." American Controversy 74-38b. Sabin 36301. Courtney, p.117. Fleeman 74.10P/2. Rothschild 1255. 2) Johnson, Samuel: Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Addresses of the american Congress.. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. [2],88 (of 91)pp. Half title. This copy lacks pages 89 to 91. This is the first issue of the first edition (printed in 500 copies), with the press figure "I" on page two. Four editions came out in 1775. Another scarce work by Dr. Johnson relating to the growing crisis in the American colonies, and containing a strong statement against American independence and in favor of colonial fealty to the Parliament. Johnson's work is a defense of the so-called "Coercive Acts" and a reply to the Continental Congress's "Declaration of Rights" of the previous year. Johnson asserts at great length the right of the mother country to tax her colonies, and wishes that the Americans "be subdued with the least injury possible to their persons and their possessions. When they are reduced to obedience, may that obedience be secured by stricter laws and stronger obligations." American Controversy 75-69a. Courtney, p.125. Fleeman 75.3TT/1. Sabin 36303. HOWES J149, "aa." 3) An Answer to a Pamphlet, Entitled Taxation no Tyranny. Addressed to the Author, and to Persons in Power. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1775. 63pp. Half title. A reply to Samuel Johnson's pamphlet, Taxation no Tyranny. Takes Dr. Johnson to task on the question of whether Parliament has the right to tax the colonies. Howes states the author was probably John Wilkes. American Controversy 75-5. Sabin 1657. Kress 7068. Howes A288. Courtney, p.126 (note). 4) [Serle, Ambrose]: Americans Against Liberty; or an Essay on the Nature and Principles of True Freedom, Shewing that the Designs and Conduct of the Americans tend only to Tyranny and Slavery. London: Sold by J. Mathews, 1775. 64pp. Half title. Serle was a member of the Secretary of State's Office for the Colonies and private secretary to Lord Howe, admiral of the British fleet during the Revolution. This pamphlet is Serle's defense of the rightfulness of the British government's ability to tax the American colonies. He engages in a long discussion of the nature of liberty and conclude that "the Rebel-Americans, in the wildest delusion and by the worst of means, are avowing themselves the open enemies to the public and general liberty of the British Empire." American Controversy 75-126a. Sabin 79269. Howes S297, "aa." 5) [Seabury, Samuel]: Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774: Wherein their Errors are Exhibited, thier Reasonings Confuted, and the Fatal Tendency of their Non-Importation, Non-Exportation, and Non- Consumption Measures, are Laid Open to the Plainest Understandings... New- York, Printed: London Reprinted for Richardson and Urquhart, 1775. [4],50pp. Half title. First British edition, following the New York printing of the previous year. Samuel Seabury was first bishop of the Episcopal Church in America. At the outset of the American Revolution "Seabury and his colleagues began their major literary struggle to keep the colonies loyal to the Crown. His most important pamphlets were signed A.W. Farmer" (DAB). Alexander Hamilton, at age seventeen, replied to Seabury's Free Thoughts.. with A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress.... This sparked a pamphlet war between the two, which produced three more publications by Seabury and another one by Hamilton. Through the present work and other pamphlets, Seabury sought to nullify the measures enacted by the Continental Congress. "Seabury was the pre- eminent exponent of Tory thought in America" - Howes. American Congress 74-70b. American Independence 136d. Sabin 78575. Howes S253. DAB XVI, pp.528-30. 6) A Letter to the Noblemen, Gentlemen, & Who Have Addressed his Majesty on the Subject of the American Rebellion. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1776. [4],37pp. Half title. Published anonymously just a few months before the American Declaration of Independence, this scarce pamphlet reviews the arguments made by the Americans and systematically refutes them. The author upholds the British government's right to tax its colonies and asserts that the rebellious Americans cannot pick and choose which laws to obey. He goes on to state that the Continental Congress "seem to be at war with reason, common sense, and the experience of mankind, as well as with the government of their country." Scarce - Adams locates only six copies. American Controversy 76-79. Sabin 40505. Howes L288. 7) Plain Facts, Submitted to the Common Sense of the People of England London: Printed and Sold by J. Jarvis, 1785. [2],42pp. Hole in final leaf, affecting one word on the recto. One of the few non-Americana pamphlets in this sammelband, this anonymous tract considers the actions of the Portland Ministry, specifically with regard to the coalition of Lord North and Charles James Fox, the Receipt Tax, and the East India Bill. OCLC locates only three copies, at The New York Public Library, the Huntington Library, and the Univ. of Wisconsin. Scarce. Kress B929. OCLC 39221825....

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Johnson, Samuel. Portrait, Porträt. Johnson, Samuel. Samuel Johnson *1709 Lichtfield - 1784. Englischer Schriftsteller, Dichter, Kritiker. Brustbild en Face.

Stahlstich um 1850. Ca. 12,5 x 10,5 cm.

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Johnson, Samuel, Murphy, Arthur: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., A New Edition, in Twelve Volumes. With An Essay on his Life and Genius, By Arthur Murphy, Esq., [9 volumes only] , London Published by T. Longman, B. White and Son, et al. , 1792
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Johnson, Samuel, Murphy, Arthur, The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., A New Edition, in Twelve Volumes. With An Essay on his Life and Genius, By Arthur Murphy, Esq., [9 volumes only]

, 9 uniform volumes, being volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, plus volume 13 - Debates in Parliament [vol. 1 of 2], published as a continuation of the 12-volume series Printed for T. Vernor in 1792, portrait frontispiece in volume 1 New Edition Octavo Hardback , volumes in similar condition, being well rubbed at spines and cover edges, some volumes have whole or parts of title labels missing, some cracks to joints at ends but generally firm bindings, all internally clean, in good condition overall , full brown calf with gilt titles on 2 black spine labels, gilt decoration to compartments,

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Addison, Joseph, Johnson, Samuel, John Milton: Critique On Paradise Lost, by the Right Hon. Joseph Addison. With Remarks On The Versification Of Milton by Samuel Johnson; and Paradise Lost: A Poem, in twelve Books, collated with the best editions by Thomas Park, Vol. I., [2 vols in 1] , London Published by John Sharpe , 1805
small octavo, 13 x 8 cm approx
Addison, Joseph, Johnson, Samuel, John Milton, Critique On Paradise Lost, by the Right Hon. Joseph Addison. With Remarks On The Versification Of Milton by Samuel Johnson; and Paradise Lost: A Poem, in twelve Books, collated with the best editions by Thomas Park, Vol. I., [2 vols in 1]

, 166 pages, & 196 pages, with title page and frontispiece to each volume and 1 other plate in Paradise Lost, part of the Works of the British Poets series, printed at the Stanhope Press by Charles Whittingham First Edition thus small octavo, 13 x 8 cm approx Hardback , spine covered with red paper with small piece of original stuck down, other part of original spine loose in book but not complete, boards rubbed, hinges cracked thus binding a little loose, internally clean, in good- condition , half brown calf with marbled paper, gilt titles and decoration to spine

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