The idler Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784 creator author. Davies, Thomas 1713-1785 bookseller. Newbery, John 1713-1767 bookseller. Payne, Thomas 1719-1799 bookseller. Tooke, W. ǂq (William) 1777-1863 former owner. text essay Essays-18th century-England Essays. enk 1767 The third edition ; with additional essays. monographic eng print 2 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo) Volume 1: No.1, April 15 1758 -- no.52, April 14 1759; volume 2: No.5, April 21 1759 -- no. 103, April 5 1760; Additional essays. by the author of the Rambler ; in two volumes. The author of The Rambler = Samuel Johnson and others. This edition includes numbers 1-103, with three additional essays. Weekly essays which first appeared in the Universal chronicle, April 15, 1758 to April 5, 1760. Twelve papers were contributed by Johnson's friends, Warton, Langton, Reynolds and others. See Courtney's bibliography of Johnson. Numbers 9, 15, 33, 42, 54, 67, 76, 79, 82, 93, 96, 98 are reportedly by Johnson. Head- and tail-pieces. Pagination: Volume 1. [4], 294 pages -- Volume 2. [4], 330 pages. Signatures: Volume 1. [A]² B-N¹² O⁴ -- Volume 2. [A]² B-O¹² P⁸. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. English short title catalogue, T152051 Roscoe, S. John Newbery and his successors, 1740-1814, A264.3 Reprint. Originally published weekly: London, 1758-1760. Armorial bookplate of William Tooke, F. R. S. TXA Two annotations: 1) in pencil, "Really the second collected edition and the first to contain the additional essays by Johnson;" 2) in ink [older?]: "Nos. 33, 93, 96 were written by Thos. Warton. No. 48 p. 2[7]1 The character of Tom Restless is supposed to apply to Mr. Thos. Tyers, the son of Jonathan Tyers, the original founder of Vauxhall Gardens. See Nichols [?] Library anecdotes vol. 8 p.871." TXA e-uk-en English essays England 18th century Tyers, Thomas 1726-1787 English essays England 1700-1799 fast Great Britain England London PR1365 .I4 1767 824.63 J69 English short title catalogue, T152051 Roscoe, S. John Newbery and his successors, 1740-1814, A264.3 JNA 800212 20260320210017.3 in00005729057 eng