Scarce 14-volume hardcover set of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., A New Edition, In Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. London: Hansard, 1806-1811; the last two volumes (not accounted for in the work's original title) contain Johnson's 'Debates in Parliament.' Each volume, 5.5 x 8.5, is period bound in full calf leather with spines bearing red labels and stamped in gilt with volume number and title. In overall good to very good condition, with various rubbing to boards, splits top joints and hinges, and partial losses to the spine of the first volume; aside from some staining to extremities of endpapers and title pages, the interior pages are generally clean.
