Boswell's Life of Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Vol. II

Volume II only. Volumes I and III available separately.Publisher's navy blue cloth in an Aesthetic Movement design: front board stamped in black and gilt with the title and a gilt floral motif, plus a gilt winged hand-mirror device at upper left. Spine gilt-lettered with floral and butterfly/lamp vignettes, "II" volume number, and ROUTLEDGE at foot. Navy endpapers. Engraved frontispiece of Johnson at the dinner where he met John Wilkes, with tissue guard. Illustrated title page with oval portrait of Johnson, followed by a letterpress title page. In-text wood engravings throughout. Binding note: the illustrated title page reads "Vol. III" while the spine and letterpress title read "Vol. II," an apparent period binding error.