Rebound. Tan leather spine with gilt title and banding. Green cloth boards. Dimensions are for one volume.

Engraved frontispiece and extra engraved titles. Rebound.

In “The Rambler” Samuel Johnson mentions that the kind of works that interest the people living in that period are those that present life in its true state, which is made varied by accidents that happen every day and influenced by passions and qualities which are found when conversing with mankind.

The Rambler was published on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 1750 to 1752 and totals 208 articles. It was Johnson’s most consistent and sustained work in the English language. Though similar in name to preceding publications such as The Spectator and The Tatler, Johnson made his periodical unique by using a style of prose which differed from that of the time period. The most popular publications of the day were written in the common or colloquial language of the people whereas The Rambler was written in elevated prose. As was then common for the type of publication, the subject matter was confined only to the imagination of the author (and the sale of the publication); typically, however, The Rambler discussed subjects such as morality, literature, society, politics, and religion. Johnson included quotes and ideas in his publication from Renaissance humanists such as Desiderius Erasmus and René Descartes. His writings in The Rambler are considered to be neoclassical.