Wit and Sagacity of Dr. Johnson. by JOHNSON, Samuel (passages…

London: Seeley & Co., 1908. Full calf, 4 3/4 inches tall. A tiny and delightful full calf binding by Riviere with gilt raised bands, label and extra gilt tooling to the panels. Elegant gilt tooling frames the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. An ink previous owner's name Walter Jodak Kohler (Governor of Wisconsin) on the reverse of the free endpaper and a date on the first blank, otherwise pristine. Curious pagination. A colour frontispiece and title page, and further line illustrations by H.M. Brock. A scarce anthology of quotations from Dr. Johnson.