London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785. First Edition. Half-title wanting; early owner's inscription/motto in French; preliminaries browned at edges, and with a few small, inconsequential chips and short edge tears.. 8vo, [viii] 524pp + leaf of errata and advertisement for Life of Johnson; later three-quarter morocco and cloth; t.e.g. Second state, with typographic errors corrected, all cancels present. Pottle 57.