A Constellation of Genius: Being a Full Account of the Trial of..

1958. Baretti, Giuseppe; Johnson, Samuel; Liebert, Herman W. A Constellation of Genius: Being a Full Account of the Trial of Joseph Baretti for the Murder of Evan Morgan, Held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on 20 October 1769, in the Ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Being the Eighth Session in the Mayorality of the Right Honourable Samuel Turner, Esq., Lord-Mayor of the City of London: Now First Reprinted from the Original Record of the Proceedings, with an Introduction and Notes to Commemorate the Two Hundred and Forty-Ninth Birthday of Samuel Johnson. Printed at the Yale University Press, 1958. One of 200. 18, [2] pp., 2 facsimilies. Printed wraps, 11 x 8.5". Lightly soiled. A very good copy. $75. * Introductory material and notes by H.W.L. Dr Johnson and other literati appeared as character witnesses.