Life of Samuel Johnson

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Lot 88 | Life of Samuel Johnson
Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell, 1791

BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.



The first edition, uncut in original boards. The present copy is the second state with “give” (not “gve”) on p. 135 in volume 1. Grolier English 65; Rothschild 463.



Two volumes, quarto (289 x 215mm). Uncut. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd, and all seven cancels present (light dampstain to frontispiece, tape repair to one leaf). Original blue-grey paper boards, cream paper spines (some soiling to boards). Provenance: Robert Brown (inscription dated 1854 to p.96).

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