Author: James Boswell
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL. D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides.
Description: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1857. Leather. James Boswell's noteworthy biography on the life of Samuel Johnson, bound over ten volumes in half morocco, with engravings throughout. A new edition, with numerous additions and notes. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and an engraved title page to all volumes, with three monochrome plates and one folding to 'volume one', two folding plates and two monochrome plates to 'volume two', one folding plate and one monochrome plate to 'volume three', two monochrome plates to 'volume four', two monochrome plates to 'Volume five', one monochrome plate and one folding plate to 'volume six', two folding plates and one monochrome to 'Volume seven', two monochrome plates and one folding plate to 'volume eight', one folding plate and one monochrome plate to 'volume nine', and two folding plates to 'volume ten&apos.  A ten volume complete set. This noteworthy biographical work on the life of Samuel Johnson was written by the Scottish biographer and diarist, James Boswell. This biography is Boswell's best known work and was a huge success, and a pioneer for the biographical genre. The work also includes an account of Johnson's tour of the Hebrides. Bound in half morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Bound in half leather with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, fading to the spines, the odd mark to the boards, and joints starting to volumes ' x, ix, vii, v, iv, and i&apos. Bookplate to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with occasional spotting. The odd tidemark. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Samuel Johnson Illustrated Biography James Boswell Illustrated Leather binding None stated


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