Boswell, James | First edition, first issue

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791

2 volumes, 4to (285 x 212 mm). Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds, 2 letterpress titles, 2 plates of facsimiles; occasional light marginal spotting, a few more light spots on first title and on verso of portrait. Contemporary calf, gilt-tooled border; spines renewed, corners and edges worn. Brown buckram clamshell case.

First edition, first issue, of Boswell's masterpiece, with "gve" for "give" in volume 1, page 135, line 10. A clean, wide-margined copy.

REFERENCE

Grolier, English 131; Grolier, Voices of Scotland 74; Pottle 79; Rothschild 46