The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson

A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'. The first edition. With nine contemporary manuscript corrections in black in to references on pages 14-16, 18, 20, 22-23 and 27. The manuscript corrections are very similar to those in the Malahide-Isham copy. The Malahide-Isham copy has had the ink annotations attributed to Boswell himself. The annotations to this copy are very similar to those and indeed match examples of Boswell's later hand in the British Library.Rebound, in a fine Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding, with their binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper. With the signatures A1, B-F4, G1. This was Boswell's final lifetime publication and is very scarce. To this title, Boswell analyses his first edition of Dr Johnson's life. This biography earned Boswell a great reputation as a biographer. As a great friend of Johnson, he was a perfect candidate to write about his life. This biography is a landmark in the development of the genre. Presented as a list, with page references to the left, this forty-two page work explains the corrections and reasoning behind this. A very scarce, beautifully bound copy of this work. In a crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent, with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots to pages, mostly to the first and last few pages. Fine.…