London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, 1793. 3 volumes. 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Front board of volume 1 detached, rear hinge reinforced at inner hinge. Light chipping at head of volumes, light rubbing at heels and edges. Text is good+, with light foxing to frontis and title pages. Else the text is in good+ condition, text block sound and straight. Uncut edges, no former owner marks. Booksellers 'mark' "William J. Campbell Booksellr 1009 Walnut Street Philadelphia". Second Revised and Augmented Edition. With the frontis portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (foxed overall), folding plate facsimile of Johnson's handwriting at rear of volume 3. The folding plate (engraved "Round Robin") at p. 634 appears not to be present. The new material in rear of volume 1 includes: "Additions received after the Second Edition was printed" (pp. *i-*xxii), "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D" which is the first attempt at a Johnson bibliography (pp. *xxiii- *xxxi). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for priority/expedited shipping.

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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 . In Three Volumes. The Second Edition

Publisher

Henry Baldwin

Publication Date

1793

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Second edition.

Condition

Good+

Weight

200 ounces

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