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BOSWELL, JAMES. 1740-1795.
Life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. together with the Journal of a tour to the Hebrides ... with Johnsoniana. London: George Bell, 1884.

5 December 2019, 10:00 EST
New York

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BOSWELL, JAMES. 1740-1795.

Life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. together with the Journal of a tour to the Hebrides ... with Johnsoniana. London: George Bell, 1884. 5 Volumes, extra illustrated edition, 8vo, 215 x 135 mm. Colored engraved frontispieces and additional titles to each volume, hand-colored steel engraved plates and folding map of the Hebrides, extra-illustrated with numerous additional portraits and scraps relevant to the personages of the time, a few double-page. Contemporary red morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, gilt edges. A few joints very lightly rubbed.

A fine extra-illustrated set of Boswell's Life of Johnson, lavishly illustrated with numerous portraits and engravings.

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