Books by and about Dr. Johnson.
The Vanity of Human Wishes. The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, imitated by Samuel Johnson. London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall, and Sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row. [Typographic facsimile, Oxford, 1927.]
A Dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A.M. London: Printed by W. Strahan, 1755.
[Rasselas.] The Prince of Abissinia. A tale. In two volumes. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street. 1759.
The Idler. In two volumes. London: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul’s Church Yard. 1761.
The life of Mr. Richard Savage, son of the Earl Rivers. The third edition. To which are added, the lives of Sir Francis Drake, and Admiral Blake. All written by the same Author. London: Printed for Henry and Cave, at St. John’s Gate, 1767.
Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland’s Islands.. The second edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1771.
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1774.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cabell in the Strand. 1775.
Political tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation no Tyranny. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. 1776.
Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia. By Samuel Johnson, LL.D. With notes, and a continuation, by Mr. Harrison. To which are added, translations of select poems written by the King of Prussia. London: Printed for Harrison and Co., No. 18, Paternoster Row, 1786.
Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added, some Poems never before printed. Published from the original mss. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi. In two volumes [both included in this scan]. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. R. Moncrieffe, etc., 1788.
A Sermon written by the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., for the funeral of his wife. Published by the Rev. Samuel Hayes, A.M., usher of Wesminster-School. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. 1788.
A Voyage to Abyssinia, by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese missionary. By M. Le Grand. Translated from the French by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added various other tracts by the same author, not published by Sir John Hawkins or Mr. Stockdale. London: Printed for Elliott and Kay, No. 332. Strand, and C. Elliott, Edinburgh. 1789.
The Rambler. In four volumes. The fourteenth edition. London: Printed by A. Straban, Printers-Street, for J. Johnson, etc. 1801.
Prayers and Meditations composed by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Third new and revised edition with additional matter. London: H. R. Allenson, [no date, probably about 1900].
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. By James Boswell, Esq. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished. In two volumes. By James Boswell, Esq. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry. 1791.
Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being, anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, collected by Piozzi, Hawkins, Tyers, Hoole, Stevens… London: John Murray, 1836.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., during the last twenty years of his life. By Hesther Lynch Piozzi. The fourth edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand. 1786.
Doctor Johnson and Mrs Thrale, including Mrs Thrale’s unpublished journal of the Welsh tour made in 1774 and much hitherto unpublished correspondence of the Streatham coterie. By A, M. Broadley. With an introductory essay by Thomas Seccombe, and numerous illustrations from contemporary portraits, prints, etc. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1910.