Joseph Ames, F.R.S. & F.S.A.
R. Page sc. [n.d., c.1840.] Engraving with letterpress text, sheet 165 x 95mm, 6½ x 3¾". Joseph Ames (1689-1759), author of an account of printing in England from 1471-1600, 'Typographical Antiquities' (1749), and 'English Printers from 1471 to 1700".
[Ref: 19015] £30.00
(£36.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Johnson.
Engraved on Steel by R. Page. London: Pubd. by John Bumpus, 1822. Stipple. Plate 152 x 101mm. 6 x 4". Large margins. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
[Ref: 26127] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)