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Item Details
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| Author: |
Boswell, James |
| Title: |
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 |
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London |
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Printed by Henry Baldwin |
| Date: |
1791 |
| Item # : |
204805 |
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416 |
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16 |
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| Rare Books & Manuscripts |
| Sale Date |
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11/19/2009 |
| Price realized |
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$ 1800 |
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| Description: |
| 2 volumes. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588 [i.e. 586] pp. With 2 engraved plates of facsimiles. (4to) 11¼x8½, later boards, more recently rebacked with paper boards. First Edition. |
| Rare untrimmed copy of the first edition of perhaps the most famous literary biography, cementing the fame of both Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. This is the issue with the "give" reading on p.135 of Vol. I. Ink name of E.R. Pfefferkorn in each volume. Rothschild 463; Pottle 79. |
| Condition: |
| Wear to board edges and joints; lacking the frontispiece, some faint foxing, overall quite clean and fresh, uncommon in untrimmed state. |
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