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The Life of Samuel Johnson, and the Journal of his tour to the Hebrides. Illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Edited by Henry Morley. In five volumes.
ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885.
5 vols., 4to (10.25 x 7 inches). Half burgundy morocco,
gilt lettered twin brown labels, gilt raised bands,
small centretools to panels, cloth boards, top edges
gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with mezzotint
plates after Sir Joshua Reynolds, including
frontispiece portraits. Bookplates. Extremities little
rubbed, sunned at spine. A handsome set.
LIMITED EDTION, number 471 of 500 copies. Boswell's
masterpiece of biography evokes Johnson's tremendous
appetite for life through a series of wonderfully
humorous anecdotes, featuring an impressive array of
well-known figures from eighteenth century London,
including Garrick, Goldsmith, Burney and Burke.
£495.00
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