The Life of Samuel Johnson the First President of King's College, in New-York
New York: 1805. Hardcover. "Containing many interesting anecdotes; a general view of the state of religion and learning in Connecticut during the former part of the last century; and an account of the institution and rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's (now Columbia) College, New-York. To which is added an appendix containing many original letters, never before published, from Bishop Berkeley, Archbishop Secker, Bishop Lowth, and others, to Dr. Johnson. Good+. Item #7188
12mo, 208 pp. In contemporary leather with label on spine. From the inventory of Cambridge bookdealer Jeffrey Worrall. Antiquarian Society blind stamp on title page and note on half-title page indicating book was later purchased by C.F. Libbie in 1910. Leather rubbed. Front and back endpapers excised.
Price: $55.00