Johnson and His Books
Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon. Amsterdam: Joan Blaeu, 1669. *2003J-SJ959 |
This volume has the earliest dated inscription of any of Johnson's books in the Hyde Collection. In 1727, Johnson was an eighteen-year-old ostensibly working in his father's bookshop, but he was far more interested in reading its contents than waiting on customers. |