Item #205744 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished. In two volumes. James Boswell.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished. In two volumes.

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First Edition. Two vols., 4tos; 516 & 588pp; contemporay mottled calf, recased with spine label; inner hinges reinforced. 1869 ownership signatures in each volume; chip to one margin in Vol. I about the size of a thumb-joint, not affecting any text; maringal annotation to another page in Vol. I; some pages with creased corners and occasional marks, scattered foxing -- not too obtrusive -- and some faint dampstains in lower margins; covers heavily rubbed. Item #205744

First state of the classic work that founded the modern notion of biography, with "gve" on p. 135, all cancels, the fronispiece portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Vol. I and the "Round Robin" and facsmile plates in Vol. II. A serviceable set.

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