This new edition is respectable, except the plates, which had been well worn in Bowyer's Cabinet Bible. The Commentary is printed verbatim from the former editions, and has no additional matter from the author's MSS. left at his decease; no mention of anything of the kind is made in the title, preface, or advertisement, until Mr. Dibdin so marvellously brought it to light: upon what authority he makes the assertion remains a mystery. A very considerable number of sets remain unsold in the warehouse of a certain great bookseller. Query. Was the Rev. gentleman's pen dipped in gold when he wrote this puff direct?
Not 1748, &c.: it first appeared in 1763, &c.
Nine volumes folio should be six volumes folio.
It was not Mr. Bagster, but Messrs. Mathews and Leigh of the Strand, who put forth the new edition of Dr. Gill's Exposition.
It was completed in nine vols. 4to.
The title is A Body of Doctrinal Divinity.
Dr. Gill's Body of Divinity was published by himself, and has no account of his life, writings, and character.
It was in three vols. 4to, not in two.
Instead of 1773, it was published in 1769-70; nor did any new edition appear for many years, until those recently printed in 3 vols. 8vo., and 1 vol. 4to.
These two vols. should be three vols.