Diary of a Journey into North Wales,; In the Year 1774; Edited, with Illustrative Notes, by R. Duppa, LL. B.
London: Robert Jennings, 1816. First Edition. 8vo, xvi, [4], 226pp., includes two leaves of facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting in front; lacks advertisement and errata in rear; contemporary calf. First blank leaf pulled loose; small bookplate; marginal glue-offsetting to endpapers; light spotting to facsimile leaves; covers rubbed, worn at joints and edges, front cover detached. Item #206019
Second state, according to Fleeman, without the advertisement and errata leaf; these copies were meant to have the errata loosely inserted, but it has been separated from this copy. First written in 1776, the diary remained unpublished Fleeman 816.DW/1; Courtney 174.
Price: $450.00
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