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St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the south side. Engraving by J. Peltro.

St John's Abbey Church, above, and St John's Gate, below, Clerkenwell, London. Engraving by G. Vertue after J. Deane after a manuscript.

The life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order : a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons and various original pieces of his composition, never before published / by James Boswell.

Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Lithograph by R. K. Thomas after W. P. Griffith, 1845.

A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Engraving by J. Peltro.

Samuel Johnson: three portraits. Drawing, c. 1789.

Buildings and members of Pembroke College, Oxford. Lithograph by Beynon & Company.

Samuel Johnson. Plaster relief.

Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

Samuel Johnson and the new science / Richard B. Schwartz.

Samuel Johnson / W. Jackson Bate.

Annals of The Club, 1764-1915.

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.

The entire works of Dr Thomas Sydenham : newly made English from the originals: wherein the history of acute and chronic diseases, and the safest and most effectual methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delievered. To which are added, explanatory and practical notes, from the best medicinal writers.

The entire works of Dr. Thomas Sydenham, newly made English from the originals: wherein the history of acute and chronic diseases, and the safest and most effectual methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delivered. To which are added, explanatory and practical notes, from the best medicinal writers / By John Swan.

Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature : to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales.

The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D., on acute and chronic diseases; with their histories and modes of cure / With notes, intended to accommodate them to the present state of medicine, and to the climate and diseases of the United States, by Benjamin Rush.

The entire works of Dr. Thomas Sydenham : newly made English from the originals wherein the history of acute and chronic diseases, and the safest and most effectual methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delivered ... / by John Swan.

A dictionary of the English language ... / [Samuel Johnson].

A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their origin 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.

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Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature : to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales.

The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D., on acute and chronic diseases; with their histories and modes of cure / With notes, intended to accommodate them to the present state of medicine, and to the climate and diseases of the United States, by Benjamin Rush.

The entire works of Dr. Thomas Sydenham : newly made English from the originals wherein the history of acute and chronic diseases, and the safest and most effectual methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delivered ... / by John Swan.

A dictionary of the English language ... / [Samuel Johnson].

A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their origin 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.