The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. including A Journal of a tour to the Hebrides . A new edition with numerous additions endnotes by John Wilson Croker . In five volumes

Boswell, James

Published by John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London, 1831

About this Item

First Crocker edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, each volume with engraved frontispiece, plus the round-robin plate and a folding map of the Hebrides; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; some cracking of the joints, especially on volume V, extremities a bit chipped, spine labels darkened; good and sound, or better. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much (famously) condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem, Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: "The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. including A Journal of a tour to the Hebrides . A new edition with numerous additions endnotes by John Wilson Croker . In five volumes
• Publisher: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London
• Publication Date: 1831
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  • English Literature