Author: JOHNSON] [Samuel
Title: The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. The Eighth Edition. REMARKABLY CRISP, CLEAN COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF
Description: J.F. and C. Rivington, Dodsley [and several others],, 1790. 12mo., Eighth Edition, on laid paper, neat contemporary inscription front paste-down and blank preliminary recto; contemporary full calf, back with six flat bands in gilt, second compartment with dark green leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, joints lightly rubbed (but binding entirely sound), a crisp, clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. Fleeman states that 1500 copies were printed by Strahan; ESTC notes that this is not merely a reissue of the seventh edition. Courtney p.88; ESTC T139515; Fleeman 59.4R/17.

Keywords: literature, johnson, samuel johnson, rasselas, prince of abyssinia, prince of abissinia


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