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An uncommon corrected edition of Samuel Johnson's ever impressive Lives of the Poets. A New Edition, Corrected. Complete in Three Volumes. Samuel Johnson's "major lives were quickly recognized as setting a new standard for English literary biography. In particular, the surveys of Cowley, Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope exemplify Johnson's serious concern with the deepest springs of creativity, as well as his ability to explore with considerable insight some individuals whose character and work aroused profound antipathy in him. Even in an age of greater theoretical sophistication, his reading of mainstream poetry from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries remains canonical, by reason of its attention to verbal detail, its decisive judgments, and its robust expression." (DNB) In calf binding with gilt detailing. Some wear to the extremities, including loss to the spine leather, with slight edge wear. The spine leather has been previously repaired. The boards are held by the cords only, and could possibly detach in the post even after careful packaging. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with very slight browning with background foxing and the very occasional mark. Fair.…