Johnson, Samuel & James BoswellBiblio.com
James BoswellBiblio.com
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished
1822Best.-Nr. 953Y43London: T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al 1822. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A complete ninth edition set of James Boswell's authoritative biography of Samuel Johnson bound in half calf. The ninth edition revised and augmented. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards.This work is commonly regarded as the greatest biography written in the English language recounting the life of eminent English writer Samuel Johnson. Johnson made lasting contributions as a poet essayist literary critic biographer and lexicographer often noted for his monumental 'Dictionary of the English Language' which he completed after nine years. This biography among his diaries and correspondence is the best known work of James Boswell whose mass of letters and private papers published by Yale University transformed his reputation.With an engraved frontispiece and folding facsimile to Vol I. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Externally with rubbing to the extremitis and slight scuffing to the paper covered boards. Darkening to the spines' leather. Internally pages 103-106 detached but present to Vol I otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spotting heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al hardcover
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