RARE 1751 WILLIAM LAUDER SAMUEL JOHNSON JOHN MILTON !! Start Price USD 3,750.00 Current Price USD 3,750.00 Time Left 5 days 14 hours 20 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, September 16, 2008 End Time Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Location Brewster, New York See more about 'RARE 1751 WILLIAM LAUDER SAMUEL JOHNSON JOHN MILTON !!' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 kenyoncadwalder Store RARE 1751 WILLIAM LAUDER SAMUEL JOHNSON JOHN MILTON !! A letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas, occasioned by his vindication of Milton. To which are subjoin'd several curious original letters from the authors of the Universal History, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Maclaurin, &c. By William Lauder. London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's-Head near Temple Bar., MDCCLI, 1751. 1st Edition. 24 pages. New front and rear endpages. Pencil notes to the top of the title page. Interior remains tight, clean and complete. pages with minor toning remain much better than average. This treasure is housed in a simple cloth binding. Minor wear and scuffing to the head and toe of spine. Everything being said volume remains much better than average. Some wear to the last three bottom corners. Rare. Lauder's 1750 Essay is not uncommon, but this dramatic sequel, with Johnson's dictation, has always been very difficult to find. The last copy at auction was sold in the Stockhausen sale in 1974 (now Cornell);  Fleeman 51.1LLD; Courtney, p. 37; Chapman and Hazen, p. 135; Rothschild 1312. 10.00 by 7.85 inches. "A rare pamphlet of three sheets in quarto." -- Hazen. Lauder had been trying to convict Milton of wholesale plagiarism and Johnson had, in effect, written the preface to Lauder’s An Essay on Milton’s Use and Imitation of the Moderns, in his Paradise Lost. In November 1750 Lauder was decisively exposed by John Douglas. Lauder had in fact fabricated the evidence against Milton himself. Johnson dictated to the culprit a confession which was to be published with the details of the passages of Milton that he had fabricated. The far from penitent Lauder had little choice but to agree. However, his confession, when it appeared, contained a number of leaves with ‘testimonies of Mr. Lauder’ and a very unpenitent postscript, that had certainly not been anticipated by Johnson.Former Allen T. Hazen collection.A gem for the serious Samuel Johnson collector. A wonderful addition to any serious Johnson collection.Please see number 1937 of Benjamin Franklin's Library by Edwin Wolf/Kevin J. Hayes. Place a Bid!