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James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson

John Murray

1839

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Finely bound set of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography.

  • Sold as a set of 10.
  • James Boswell (English).
  • The Life of Samuel Johnson. With a Journal of His Tour To The Hebrides. With numerous additions and notes by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker.
  • London: John Murray, 1839.
  • Contains a frontispiece portrait and numerous engraved illustrations.
  • Includes two supplementary volumes of Johnsoniana.
  • Bound in three-quarter marbled tan calf, linen boards, raised bands, gilt on spines, linen endpapers, marbled flyleaf, green labels.

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Occasional light wear to binding and corners.

Light foxing.

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 inches / 16.51 cm
Width: 4 inches / 10.16 cm
Depth: 1 inches / 2.54 cm

Language

English

Subject

Fine bindings, Biography

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