C. Hitch et al., London, 1762. Fourth edition.

4 Vols., 8vos, 308; 292; 298; 297pp. A good set in mottled calf binding with gilt decorations to spine and edges of boards. Some wear to the spines. Hinges of Volume I cracked but holding tightly as is the front hinge of Volume IV.

The Adventurer was a periodical which ran for 140 issues from 1752 to 1754. Edited by John Hawkesworth with contributions by Samuel Johnson, Richard Bathurst, Joseph Warton and others (typically published under pseudonyms). This set from the collection of the English historian, Charles Mill with his armorial book plate in each volume.