- 114
[Johnson, Samuel]
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- paper
Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791
2 volumes, 4to (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 270 x 210 mm). Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson by J. Heath after Reynolds, 2 plates; some mostly marginal spotting, offset on title. Contemporary polished tree calf, spine richly gilt, in a marbled-boards slipcase; rebacked with original spine laid down.
With:
Sir John Hawkins. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Dublin: for Messrs. Chamberlain, Colles, Burnet, et al., 1787
8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 228 x 140 mm, uncut). Woodcut title vignette; some occasional marginal spotting, 3 words in title struck through. Later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards. Bookplate of the Sondley Reference Library, Asheville, North Carolina.
2 volumes, 4to (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 270 x 210 mm). Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson by J. Heath after Reynolds, 2 plates; some mostly marginal spotting, offset on title. Contemporary polished tree calf, spine richly gilt, in a marbled-boards slipcase; rebacked with original spine laid down.
With:
Sir John Hawkins. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Dublin: for Messrs. Chamberlain, Colles, Burnet, et al., 1787
8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 228 x 140 mm, uncut). Woodcut title vignette; some occasional marginal spotting, 3 words in title struck through. Later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards. Bookplate of the Sondley Reference Library, Asheville, North Carolina.
Provenance
Bromley Literary Institute (oval library stamp on each title) — William Danby (engraved armorial bookplate on laminated paper)
Literature
Grolier / English 65; Pottle 79
Condition
some mostly marginal spotting, offset on title. Contemporary polished tree calf, spine richly gilt, in a marbled-boards slipcase; rebacked with original spine laid down. — some occasional marginal spotting, 3 words in title struck through. Later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition of this classic biography, along with a later edition of Hawkins, offering additional details and another point of view on this celebrated personality.