The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; by James Boswell Esq. New Edition, with Numerous Additions and Notes by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, M.P. to Which are Added Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana, By Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Malone, Nichols, Steevens, Cumberland and Others And Notes by Various Hands Also, Upwards of Fifty Engraved Illustrations In Ten Volumes. [New Edition With Numerous Additions and Notes – Zaehnsdorf Half Leather Binding – Ten Volumes Complete]

London: John Murray, 1839, New Edition. Zaehnsdorf fine half leather binding with gilt titles to the spine, five raised bands, with gilt floral decoration to the compartments, half leather and marbled paper covered boards. Illustrated with ‘upwards of fifty engraved illustrations’. Pages tanned with some marks and damp staining, otherwise a nice tidy set. Each volume with an illustrated title page and frontispiece and plates collated and complete (1 additional plate to Vol I) as described in the Contents in Vol I. Vol I – xxiv, ii, 325pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 6 engraved illustrations (2 of which are double page). Vol II – viii, 344pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 5 engraved illustrations (2 of which are folding). Vol III – ix, [i], 323pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations (1 of which is folding). Vol IV – xii, 343pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations. Vol V – viii, 341pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations. Vol VI – viii, 342pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations (1 of which is folding). Vol VII – viii, 381pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 3 engraved illustrations (2 of which are folding). Vol VIII – xi, [i], 431pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations (1 of which is folding). Vol IX – xv, [i], 335pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations (1 of which is folding). Vol X – xii, 376pp, with a frontispiece, illustrated title and 2 engraved illustrations (both of which are folding). Provenance: bookplates for WT Dulake to the front of each volume. Approximately 6 ¾ inches tall (17cm). Condition Report Externally Spine – very good condition – gilt titles and gilt tulip / floral decoration to the compartments, minor marks and wear, sound. Joints – very good condition – gently rubbed and worn. Corners – very good condition – gently bumped and worn. Boards – very good condition – half morocco leather with marbled paper covered boards, gently marked and worn. Page edges – good condition – top edges gilt, others tanned and foxed. Binding – very good condition – beautiful binding. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – very good condition – sound. Paste downs – very good condition – marbled paper, bookplate to the front. End papers – good condition – marbled paper, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title – good condition – tanned and gently foxed. Pages – good condition – tanned and gently foxed. See photos. …