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[8],viii, 57, [1], [724]pp. 4to. A nice clean copy. Contemp. full calf, raised bands, red morocco label; some wear to leading hinge & head & tail of spine, a little scuffed & rubbed. A nice copy in contemporary binding. Alston V 283; ESTC T114319. The sole edition. William Kenrick, 1725?-1779, is described in the ODNB as a 'superlative scoundrel'. A versatile hack writer, he appears to have fallen out with and libelled almost every person who crossed his path. 'He had a strong love of notoriety, a jealous and perverse temper, and was often drunk and violent. He became the enemy of every decent and successful person, and so notorious as a libeller that few condescended to answer him'. Following attacks on Jonn Hill, Robert Dodsley, and Oliver Goldsmith, Kenrick turned his attention to Samuel Johnson who he attacked without restraint. Although never published, he had threatened to publish a parody of Johnson's Dictionary entitled A Ramble Through the Idler's Dictionary: in which are picked up several thousand etymological, orthographical, and lexicographical blunders. From the library of Newbold Pacey Hall.

[8],viii, 57, [1], [724]pp. 4to. Occasional spotting, sl. worming to inner margin of first few gatherings not affecting text. Handsomely rebound in quarter half speckled calf, marbled boards, vellum tips, raised bands, red morocco label. Contemporary signature of Cha. Moore on titlepage. Alston V 283; ESTC T114319. The sole edition. William Kenrick, 1725?-1779, is described in the ODNB as a 'superlative scoundrel'. A versatile hack writer, he appears to have fallen out with and libelled almost every person who crossed his path. 'He had a strong love of notoriety, a jealous and perverse temper, and was often drunk and violent. He became the enemy of every decent and successful person, and so notorious as a libeller that few condescended to answer him'. Following attacks on Jonn Hill, Robert Dodsley, and Oliver Goldsmith, Kenrick turned his attention to Samuel Johnson who he attacked without restraint. Although never published, he had threatened to publish a parody of Johnson's Dictionary entitled A Ramble Through the Idler's Dictionary: in which are picked up several thousand etymological, orthographical, and lexicographical blunders.

[8],viii, 57, [1], [724]pp. 4to. A few small tears to fore-edge of titlepage with further small tear to lower corners of first four leaves, some inoffensive damp marking to some lower corners. Overall a nice clean copy. Handsomely bound with new endpapers in recent half speckled calf, raised band, compartments lined in gilt, brown morocco label. Numerous stamps of the American Institute with additional small printed label loosely inserted. Alston V 283; ESTC T114319. The sole edition. William Kenrick, 1725?-1779, is described in the ODNB as a 'superlative scoundrel'. A versatile hack writer, he appears to have fallen out with and libelled almost every person who crossed his path. 'He had a strong love of notoriety, a jealous and peverse temper, and was often drunk and violent. He became the enemy of every decent and successful person, and so notorious as a libeller that few condescended to answer him'. Following attacks on Jonn Hill, Robert Dodsley, and Oliver Goldsmith, Kenrick turned his attention to Samuel Johnson who he attacked without restraint. Although never published, he had threatened to publish a parody of Johnson's Dictionary entitled A Ramble Through the Idler's Dictionary: in which are picked up several thousand etymological, orthographical, and lexicographical blunders.

First and only edition, 4to, pp. [8], viii, 57, [1], [724]; contemporary full russia; gilt stamped " W W Peniarthuchaf 1774" on the upper cover, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; spine ends chipped, joints cracked. Later armorial bookplate of Robert Chambre Vaughan, old ownership signature inked out on title page. A "hack writer" who possessed a "strong love of notoriety, [and] a jealous and perverse temper," Kenrick (?1725-1779) "was often drunk and violent. He became the enemy of every decent and successful person, and so notorious as a libeler that few condescended to answer him. His vanity lead him to fancy himself equal to any task without serious study. In his later years Kenrick seldom wrote without a bottle of brandy at his elbow. Though a superlative scoundrel, he was clever, and especially proud of the rapidity of his writing; even his more serious works seldom occupied him for more than two days" (see DNB for a lively account of this literary curmudgeon). Among those most frequently attacked and offended were Johnson and Boswell, Garrick, Goldsmith, Fielding, and, predictably, other famous men, who, by association would give Kendrick a name. For all his attacks on Johnson (Kenrick was violently critical of Johnson's edition of Shakespeare and his dictionary) he seems to have made good use of Johnson's lexicographic skills. A spot check of entries shows Kenrick's lexicon to be a word-for-word transcription from that of Johnson. Alston V, 283; Kennedy 6276.