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Excerpt from The Library of John Monks, Jr., New York City: Comprising Fine Standard Sets, General Literature, a Splendid Copy of Shakespeare's Works, Fourth Folio Edition, 1685, and Miscellaneous Books, Also Collection of Lincolniana Property of a New York Gentleman; With a Few Additions <p>This Second Edition was much enlarged from the First, 1779-81. <p>Johnson (samuel) The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. 4 vols. In two, 12mo, Old calf. London, 1793. <p>Johnson (samuel) The Works of. Edited by A. Chalmers. Portrait. 12 vols., 12mo, mottled calf, gilt backs. London, 1806. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.