Rasselas by Johnson: Signed (3 results)

London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1799. 12mo. 142pp. + one leaf of ads at rear. Quarter-calf & boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Frontispiece, signed "Tegg / Sculp". Much of spine is chipped away, some foxing, very good. In two parts, with continuous pagination. As in the British Library copy (cited by WorldCat), the ads at the rear are for Lackington, Allen and Co., London.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Thus. a near fine copy in a superb 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards of Johnson's novel of Abyssinia with all the original copper plate engravings by A Raimbach from paintings by Robert Smirke of the Royal Academy, Letter Press by James Ballantyne of Edinburgh, a tall well margined copy Raised bands and a black morocco gilt title label on spine. Smirke (illustrator). By the Binder.…

xxiv-395pp., In-8, illustr., portrait frontispice, texte anglais - francais, ensemble defraichi, dos casse, rousseurs, exemplaire offert par l'editeur, enrichi d'une gravure frontispice de la traductrice avec envoi autographe joint, Nb-0170.