THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL, IMITATED by JOHNSON, Samuel - 1749

London: Printed for R. Dodsley . and sold by M. Cooper ., 1749. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. Small 4to. Small 4to., 28pp., full morocco, elaborate gilt. Page 12 has the press figure 2 & the catchword "when", probably the earliest state per Fleeman - both very clear impressions: "The loss on p.12 of press-fig. 2, or of the final 'n' of the cwd. 'When', slackened the line of type and contributed to the movement of the remaining letters. In such circumstances it is difficult to determine priority, save that the correct version is probably the earlier, but it only refers to the state of the outer forme of sig. B." The binding is late 19th or early 20th century, slight wear to front edge of spine. The binding is signed B.M. Pickering. Heraldic bookplate of Frederici Locker, 1874. All the footnotes are present (one or two are often trimmed by the binder, trifle trimmed but ample marginal space. The First Of Johnson's Publications To Bear His Name. Courtney & Nichol Smith, p. 22; Chapman & Hazen, p. 131; Rothschild 1233; Hayward 163; Foxon J87; Liebert 34; Fleeman, J.D. Johnson, 49.1VW/1; ESTC T54333.