Author: [Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]. Bonar, James [1757 - 1821] - Former Owner (?)
Title: The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... In Two Volumes. [bound with] The PRINCIPAL CORRECTIONS And ADDITIONS to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of DR. JOHNSON
Description: London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. 1st edition, 1st issue (Grolier 100 ENGLISH, #65; Pottle 79). Period full marbled calf bindings, with later respining to style. Marbled eps. Yellow edge stain. 2 volumes: xii, [16], 516, [2 (blank)]; [4], 586, [2], 42 pp. Vol II, p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations [see Pottle]. Vol I, p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson, by James Heath, after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles [bound in per Pottle]. 4to. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves, as per Pottle. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Modest binding wear. Two bookplates [one of James Bonar, Scottish lawyer ?] to front paste-down. Occasional spot of foxing. Withal, a handsome VG+ set. Volume II bound with the uncommon 1793 pamphlet of corrections stemming from Boswell's fussiness.. "So bad were these errors, indeed, that it was found necessary to issue a small quarto volume of forty-two pages to correct them." [Grolier 100, #65].

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