The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending An Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order. In Three Volumes. The Second Edition, Revised and Augmented.

BOSWELL, James.

Published by London Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry., 1793

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SECOND EDITION. 3 vols. 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). Title +xviii+[xvii-]xxxi+ [ii]+ xviii-xxxix+ [i]+ *xxxvi+ [i]+603; title+ 634; title+ 711. Contemporary tan calf, sometime rebacked to style with red labels, original marbled endpapers Illustrated with engraved portrait by Joshua Reynold's, folding plate of the "Round Robin" and the folding plate of facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting. A very good set. This is the first edition to contain "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson". As often, without the additional leaf of corrections (C3). This the second London edition after the first (1791) and the first Dublin edition (1792). (Rothschild, 468).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending An Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order. In Three Volumes. The Second Edition, Revised and Augmented.
• Publisher: London Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry.
• Publication Date: 1793
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