Overview

Excerpt from Sketches of Some of the Booksellers of the Time of Dr. Samuel Johnson VIII. Booxsmsxs' literary club. - Originated in weekly meetings at the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, and subsequently at a monthly dinner at the Shake spare - Here Tom Davies first started the idea of his Life of Garrick. - Date of foundation of Club not known - The latter half of the eighteenth century probably saw its beginning and ending. - The first death was that ofwilliam Davenhill, 1774. - Among the last survivors, Mr. James Robson - Among the members were Cadell, James Dodsley, Thomas Long man, T cm Payne, Thomas Evans, and John Nichols. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Full Product Details

9781332034970

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available