The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. In Fifteen Volumes.

Samuel Johnson, John Stockdale, George Gleig

London : Printed for John Stockdale ; And G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1787

[First Collected Edition of Johnson's Works] 15 volume complete set.  Includes supplemental 15th volume edited by George Gleig. Octavos. Bound in contemporary calf. Some boards detached. Spine leather dry, brittle and cracked.  Chipping to spine labels. Volume 15 split in half. Foxing throughout. Early ownership stamp of Mary Novis, 1810.  Later engraved book plates of G. Walter Steeves; also P.G.P. et F.T.P. (Lege et Ratione).  Includes the rare fourteenth volume. "This volume appears to be rare. Not the least point of interest is that it reprints in part the Proposals for the edition of Shakespeare which were issued with the Miscellaneous Observations on Macbeth in 1745, and have been recently rediscovered" Courtney-Nichol Smith, pages 161-163.     English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN25884. 

Contents:  v. 1. The life of Dr. Samuel Johnson. v. 2-3. The lives of the most eminent English poets. v. 4. The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives. v. 5-7. The Rambler. v. 8. The Idler. v. 9. The Adventurer. Philological tracts. v. 10. Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. v. 11. The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The apotheosis of Milton. Prayers and devotional exercises. Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions and occasional reflections. Irene. Poems. Miscellaneous poems. Poemata. v. 12-13 Debates in Parliament. v. 14 Proposals for printing Shakespeare’s Plays, etc. v. 15 Supplemental vol. 

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.  Fourteen; 14.