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Dublin: Printed for Luke White,, 1793. In original state A well-preserved copy in original boards of Johnson's collected works, the text following the 1792 London edition. It includes the first Irish printing of the essay on Johnson by his close friend Arthur Murphy, first published in London in 1792. Six vols, octavo. Uncut in original green sheep-backed boards, manuscript labels to spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait by H. Brocas after Joshua Reynolds. With 2 earlier catalogue descriptions mounted to front free endpaper. A little rubbed with minimal wear at spine ends and corners, a couple of spines a little stripped, contents partly unopened, title of vol. II with signature excised at head. An excellent set. Not in Chapman & Hazen; ESTC T126667; Fleeman 87.3W/3; Lowndes, p. 1218.