Author: James Boswell
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: Oxford, Talboys and Wheeler; William Pickering, 1826. Leather. The Pickering edition of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson. With an engraved frontispiece of Boswell to the second volume, and a folding facsimile to the third volume. Part of the Oxford English Classics series. This edition was noted by Keynes as being one of the Pickering impressions that has, 'Special merit&apos. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments. Regardless of these actions, modern biographers have found Boswell's biography as an important source of information on Johnson and his times. Complete in four volumes. Collated, missing one facsimile. In calf bindings. Spine labels have been replaced. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and bumping. Four joints are cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and generally clean, though with some instances of foxing. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Keywords: Illustrated Oxford Classics James Boswell Samuel Johnson Oxford Classics Frontispiece Various
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Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: Oxford, Talboys and Wheeler; William Pickering, 1826. Leather. The Pickering edition of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson. With an engraved frontispiece of Boswell to the second volume, and a folding facsimile to the third volume. Part of the Oxford English Classics series. This edition was noted by Keynes as being one of the Pickering impressions that has, 'Special merit&apos. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments. Regardless of these actions, modern biographers have found Boswell's biography as an important source of information on Johnson and his times. Complete in four volumes. Collated, missing one facsimile. In calf bindings. Spine labels have been replaced. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and bumping. Four joints are cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and generally clean, though with some instances of foxing. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Keywords: Illustrated Oxford Classics James Boswell Samuel Johnson Oxford Classics Frontispiece Various
Price: GBP 350.00 = appr. US$ 499.79 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: SET3-C-10
- Book number: SET3-C-10
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