Vander Meulen, David L., & G. Thomas Tanselle, eds.

Samuel Johnson's translation of Sallust. A facsimile and transcription of the Hyde manuscript

New York: The Johnsonians; Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1993. Edition limited to 750 copies, 4to, pp. vi, 40 (1 mss. facsimile and printed transcription to a page), [2]; a fine copy in original stiff gray wrappers printed in black on front wrapper. A mss. fragment purchased in 1948 by Donald and Mary Hyde containing "the only known surviving portion of Samuel Johnson's translation of Sallust's Bellum Catilinæ." A keepsake printed for The Johnsonians, an association formed in 1946 to commemorate the birthday of Samuel Johnson. Item #48441

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