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ref. Z1-V-019-01349Dodo Pr. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Dodo Pr unknown
ref. Z1-C-020-01716General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. General Books LLC unknown
1811ref. 25406London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Last Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. 4 xxxvii 1 464; 2 496; 2 482; 2 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now however seems to be to return to the text of the third as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" Pottle. Pottle 86. T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown
1811ref. 25406London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Last Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. 4 xxxvii 1 464; 2 496; 2 482; 2 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now however seems to be to return to the text of the third as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" Pottle. Pottle 86. T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown books
1859ref. 31462London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. 4 volumes bound in two. A New Edition Elucidated by Copious Notes and Illustrated with Numerous Portraits Views and Characteristic Designs Engraved from Authentic Sources. Decorated with four frontispiece engravings four engraved title-pages the round robin plate with signatures on thick paper and a great profusion of engravings throughout the text. 8vo beautifully bound in full polished calf the covers with double gilt fillet frames enclosing an inner stippled frame in blind the spines with raised bands gilt stippled separating compartments decorated with full gilt panels tooled in gilt with elaborate corner pieces and central floral elements two compartments with contrasting green and black morocco lettering labels gilt edges tooled in gilt turnovers tooled in blind marbled endleaves and edges xxxii 291; viii 298; viii 298; viii 300 pp. A very handsome and very fine set with the bindings in excellent condition. Beautifully preserved and presented. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic Poets--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” Only 1750 copies of the first edition were printed. Routledge, Warnes and Routledge hardcover
1930ref. 000295London:: G. Bell and Sons. Ltd. 1930. Very lightly rubbed and scuffed. 60 illustrations. 8vo. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard .Finely bound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in full crimson morocco spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt inner dentelles over hand marbled endleaves all edges gilt. A gorgeous book. Full Red Morocco Gilt. Near Fine. Illus. by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. G. Bell and Sons. Ltd. Hardcover
1768ref. AA179Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First edition second state. Very Good. xxi 3 382 pp Folding copper-engraved map 8vo 20x12 cm 8x4¾" period full calf raised bands morocco lettering piece Some rubbing to spine and extremities joints tender minor wear to covers small repair to rear cover; short stub tear to map else very good or better an attractive copy This was the first work to bring Boswell fame; it also brought the cause of Corsican independence fought for under the handsome and impressive General Paoli to international attention Boswell's urgent calls for support and the romanticized account of Paoli as lionized father figure nearly brought England into war with France over Corsica Eventually the struggle for independence was lost and Paoli fled to England where he enjoyed widespread adulation Even for an 18th century work there are a significant number of state variations for this first edition which may occur in various combinations. Following the general order per the Rothschild catalogue 442 this appears to be a second state of the first edition. A second edition was published in London later in the same year. Specific points for this copy include: 1 Collation consists of blank leaf half title folding map title page preface table of contents pp 382 final blank leaf 2 P 51 ii state with :John Home" correctly placed 3 P 67/68“ l 11-12 ii state "noble fief of Is/tria" 4 P 357 "Mariani" is spelled correctly 5 Folding map has the publisher's imprint and no scale of miles the imprint is absent in the first state 6 Table of Contents - 141 for 241 uncorrected 7 P 70 l 17 - Ftruscans for Etruscans 8 P 93 l6 "prince of" 9 P 137 l 11 "feelirg" 10 P 172 l 9 - "tha the" 11 P 184 l 4 with dots over the y in Montgomery" 12 P 296 l 18 "of my own" 13 P 327 l 9-10 "speculati/ions Also E2 and Z3 are cancels. . Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown
1926ref. 126808J M Dent & Sons Ltd 1926. Leather. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1926 J.M. Dent 3 volume extra illustrated set bound in 3/4 leather by Bayntun. Tight bindings patterned end papers top edges gilt. Numerous extra plates and illustrations. Light fox speckling to fore edges. 5 hub spines. Please email for photos. J M Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
1769ref. B2498London: Edward and Charles Dilly c. 1769. A very good copy. Edition: Third edition. Binding: Contemporary full calf rebacked expertly spine in five compartments of raised bands original morocco label on two. Notes: The first portion of the book is a detailed general history of the Island of Corsica and the second portion is a journal of Boswell experiences while he traveled the island. Cox I:138 writes that this work made Boswell famous. It is a lively account of his Quixotic adventures in Corsica and his associations with General Paoli whom he later exhibited in London and for whom he endeavored to get official British assistance. His childish pleasure in being the chief sponsor of this wild island struggling to become a nation led him to wear a Corsican costume at Garrick’s anniversary celebration in honor of Shakespeare held in 1769 at Stratford-on-Avon. Dr. Johnson praised his Tour in these words: ‘Your history is like other histories but you Journal is in very high degree curious and delightful…Your History was copied from books; your Journal rose out of your own experience and observation.' Size: 8vo Illustration: With two plates being the engraved frontispiece portrait of Pascal Paoli engraved by J. Lodge after Henry Bembridge a large engraved folding map of Corsica. The title page includes an engraved coat of arms. Volume: Two parts in one volume. References: Cox I:138. Pages: P. frontis title blank 1 blank v-xxx 1 blank 33-400. Category: Book Voyages General; Book Mediterranean Edward and Charles Dilly hardcover
1848ref. BC00007London: Henry G. Bohn 1848. Leather Binding. NEAR FINE. A NEAR FINE AND VERY TIGHT TEN VOLUME SET BOUND IN FULL TREE CALF LEATHER. ALL VOLUMES ARE VERY TIGHT. NO CRACKED HINGES. LATE 1800'S BOOKPLATE IN EACH VOL. OF RIVINGTON PYNE. PYNE FAMILY HAS LONG STANDING TIES TO NY AND NJ. HE SERVED AS ATTACHE TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BERLIN AND PRIVATE SECRETARY TO AMBASSADOR JAMES W. GERARD. PYNE ALS SERVE IN WWI AS A 2ND LT. AND PILOT. ALSO BOOKPLATE OF PREEMINATE COLLECTOR OF THOMAS BOSWELL"TERRY I. SEYMOUR" SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO CORNERS ON A FEW VOLUMES. OTHERWISE A VERY NICE SET. FIVE RAISED BANDS. TOP EDGE GOLD GILT. Henry G. Bohn unknown
1793ref. 113260Charles Dilly 1793. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Three volumes leatherbound. First octavo edition revised and augmented. Covers shelfworn. Bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton inside each front cover. Three small clippings on the first two pages. Charles Dilly hardcover
ref. 63-9062London: Henry Hills 1678. 8vo. Soft Rebound Covers 32 pp. Letterpress Good with losses & tears but rebound cleaned and repaired else a VG clean copy. Text in Latin & English. First Edition.Loosely laid in is a TLS from "FTJ Haynes Senior Conservator with the Public Record Office in London"; an invoice for work on this piece: "cleaned deacidified repaired and bound." Dated April 25 1977. London: Henry Hills, 1678. unknown
1831ref. SET4-E-3London: John Murray 1831. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A five volume set of James Boswell's biography of the life of Samuel Johnson in a uniform leather binding. A beautifully bound five volume set of the famous biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 was an essayist critic and novelist compiler of the first Dictionary of the English Language and subject of Boswell's famous biography. Quite a celebrity during his own life he is now regarded one of the foremost critics of his time with a lasting influence on subsequent generations including T. S. Eliot. Johnson also significantly altered styles of travel and biographical writing. James Boswell 1740-95 is best known for his extensive journals that covered his travels and conversations with many of the great and the good of his day. He was great friends with Samuel Johnson and upon Johnson's death became his biographer. In full calf binding. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities including marks to the boards bumping to the corners and scuffing to the leather. Two volumes have been rebacked with new spines and title labels. The other three volumes have split hinges loose title labels with some loss and greater wear to the spine. There is a personalised bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume and a Ex Libris Universitatis Bristolliensis plate on each endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with the odd brown spot or handling mark. The spotting is worst on the first and last few pages of each volume. There is a discreet library stamp on the bottom of the title page of each volume and a shelf sticker at the bottom of each front pastedown. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1785ref. 34031London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 524 1; E3 E4 and M4 are cancels as usual; leaves I5 Q7 and U6 are in Pottle's second state; beneath the list of errata at the end is a notice for Boswell's Life of Johnson "preparing for the press" which did not appear for another 6 years; contemporary mottled calf neatly rebacked in tan calf gilt-paneled spine red morocco label; a very good sound copy. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 57; Rothschild 456. printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
1831ref. 66493London: John Murray Albemarle-Street 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a folding map of the Hebrides; original brown paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines; some cracking of the joints especially on volume V extremities a bit chipped spine labels darkened; good and sound or better. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: "The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray, Albemarle-Street unknown
1785ref. 34031London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 524 1; E3 E4 and M4 are cancels as usual; leaves I5 Q7 and U6 are in Pottle's second state; beneath the list of errata at the end is a notice for Boswell's Life of Johnson "preparing for the press" which did not appear for another 6 years; contemporary mottled calf neatly rebacked in tan calf gilt-paneled spine red morocco label; a very good sound copy. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 57; Rothschild 456. printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
1831ref. 66493London: John Murray Albemarle-Street 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a folding map of the Hebrides; original brown paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines; some cracking of the joints especially on volume V extremities a bit chipped spine labels darkened; good and sound or better. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: "The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray, Albemarle-Street unknown books
18044 vols., 8vo., Fourth Edition, on laid paper, with engraved portrait frontispiece (by Baker after Reynolds) and 2 large folding facsimiles, frontispiece and facsimiles lightly age-soiled, some mild offsetting to title, neat signatures (one contemporary) on front endpapers; attractively bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, neatly rebacked in calf to style, backs with flat bands ruled in gilt, second and fifth comparrtments with red leather labels lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, clean copy. 'With this edition began the practice…of enlarging the text with unpublished letters which had not been available to Boswell…A considerable number of new notes were also added, including some by Dr. Kearney' (Pottle, pp.171-2). The frontispiece is from the same plate as that used in the second and third editions, but the two facsimiles are dated 1 May 1804. An attractive set in sympathetically restored period binding. Pottle, 83.
1811ref. 320291811. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. The Sixth Edition Revised and Augmented. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Four volumes. Octavo early full tan calf elaborately blind- and gilt-stamped boards and spines raised bands marbled endpapers and edges. $1100.Sixth edition of BoswellÕs celebrated Life of Johnson.With engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds and two folding facsimiles of signed documents. Early owner signatures.Light foxing to endpapers. A beautiful set. hardcover
1811ref. 320291811. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. The Sixth Edition Revised and Augmented. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Four volumes. Octavo early full tan calf elaborately blind- and gilt-stamped boards and spines raised bands marbled endpapers and edges. $1100.Sixth edition of BoswellÕs celebrated Life of Johnson.With engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds and two folding facsimiles of signed documents. Early owner signatures.Light foxing to endpapers. A beautiful set. hardcover books
1831ref. 8638London. John Murray. 1831. Very handsomely bound by Riviere and Sons in 3/4 gilt ruled crushed morocco and linen covered boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. 5.5" x 8.5". A New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croaker. Illustrated with an engraved Frontis to each volume. This is the last Library Edition of Croaker's Boswell. Spines evenly attractively sunned. A Very Fine pristine set in a stupendous binding. John Murray. hardcover
1831ref. 8638London. John Murray. 1831. Very handsomely bound by Riviere and Sons in 3/4 gilt ruled crushed morocco and linen covered boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. 5.5" x 8.5". A New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croaker. Illustrated with an engraved Frontis to each volume. This is the last Library Edition of Croaker's Boswell. Spines evenly attractively sunned. A Very Fine pristine set in a stupendous binding. John Murray. hardcover books
1928ref. 45477Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Various; No. 377 of 570 sets -- 18 volumes designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge. Illustrated with aquatone facsimile plates reproducing a number of manuscript documents in their original size. Blumenthal refers to these volumes as "magnificent examples of the arts of the printed book. They are surely the most impressive single monument of the Rudge/Rogers association." In 1928 this amazing collection of Boswell's papers long thought destroyed was sold by Boswell's great-granddaughter and her husband Lord Talbot to Lt. Col. Isham. Condition: Contents are clean and essentially Fine condition with exception of staining from taped autograph in Volume 1 see images. Bindings are generally faded at spine; a few volumes have significant loss of sizing/color or spotting at spines. Slipcases are often faded at spines with shallow chipping to paper spine lables; a few volumes have splitting or chipping. Individual volumes as below: Vol 1. Early Papers of James Boswell 1754-1763; has Geoffrey Scott's autograph taped onto the title page with old cello tape which has browned and stained offset to opposite blank page and faint bleed through to following page; otherwise contents quite nice in original red boards in faded slipcase. Small attractive armorial bookplate " Ma Foy Je Maintiendrai / TURNURE " with a dove aloft a crown above a shield. 12" X 9". Vol 2. Zelide; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards faded and foxed at spine; "Turnure" bookplate as described above; slipcase faded at spine shallow chipping to spine label. 12" X 9". Vol 3. Journal of a Tour through the Courts of Germany; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards with "Turnure" bookplate; book and slipcase faded at spine with 2 " split at top edges. 12" X 9". Vol 4. Boswell with Rousseau and Voltaire 1764; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards faded at spine wear along rear edge of spine with "Turnure" bookplate; slipcase widely faded at spine split and chipped at upper and lower edges 16" X 11". Vol 5. Porzia Sansedoni; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards faded at spine with "Turnure" bookplate; slipcase widely faded at spine. 12" X 9". Vol 6. The Making of The Life of Johnson contents clean and secure in original bright red boards with "Turnure" bookplate; book and slipcase faded at spine chipping and some splitting of case edges 14" X 10". -- Vols. 7-18 The Journal of James Boswell 1765-1794. Edited by Geoffrey Scott and Frederick A. Pottle -- Vol 7. 1765-1768 Corsica; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards with "Turnure" bookplate; book faded at spine with three small dark spots old ink smears; slipcase faded at spine 14" X 9.5". Vol 8. 1769 Margaret Montgomerie; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards; book faded at spine w/ loss of sizing in a couple spots; slipcase faded at spine. 12" X 9". Vol 9. 1772-1774 John Reid; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards; book and slipcase faded at spine 12" X 9". Vol 10. 1774-1775 William Miller; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards; book and slipcase faded at spine 12" X 9". Vol 11. 1775-1776 Margaret Caroline Rudd; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards; book and slipcase faded at spine 12" X 9". Vol 12. 1776-1777 David Hume; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards; book and slipcase faded at spine 12.75" X 9". Vol 13. 1777-1779 Ashbourne Journal; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards spine faded; slipcase rubbed at edges 13" X 9". Vol 14. 1779-1781 David Boswell; contents clean & secure in original bright red boards spine faded w/ significant loss of sizing; 13" X 9". Vol 15. 1781-1783 Laird of Auchinleck; contents clean & secure in original bright red boards spine faded; slipcase rubbed at edges; 13" X 9". Vol 16 contents clean & secure in original bright red boards spine faded w/ significant loss of sizing 13" X 9".Vol 17. 1783-1786 Lord MacDonald; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards with "Turnure" bookplate; book faded at spine; slipcase rubbed 12.5" X 9". Vol 18. 1789-1794 The Great Biographer; contents clean and secure in original bright red boards with "Turnure" bookplate; book faded at spine; slipcase rubbed 12.5" X 9". . 1928-36. Press hardcover
1831ref. 28688London: John Murray. Near Fine No dust jacket as issued. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. First edition thus. Bound in half brown calf over brown linen boards spine in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering and borders in three compartments gilt borders in remainder and on covers t.e.g. light brown endpapers. Original cloth spine and covers bound in volume one. Illustrated with engraved portraits on each frontispiece fold-out map in volume two fold-out "Round Table" in volume three. John Wilson Croker 1780-1857 was a British statesman and author. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin where he graduated in 1800. Immediately afterwards he entered Lincoln's Inn and in 1802 he was called to the Irish bar. His interest in the French Revolution led him to collect a large number of valuable documents on the subject now in the British Museum. In 1809 Croker was appointed as secretary to the Admiralty. Many of his political speeches were published in pamphlet form. He was for many years one of the leading contributors on literary and historical subjects to the Quarterly Review with which he had been associated from its foundation. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography comments that "He had a wide appreciation of all varieties of literature and art which made him a valuable intermediary between the politicians and the public and he was an able writer lucid fluent and always well informed." "In 1831 Croker published a new edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson including the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides which was vindictively attacked by Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review but which remained the best edition until superseded by the work of George Birkbeck Hill" - DNB. Pottle 91. Very ligh shelf-wear at head of spine in volume three else fine; unmarked seemingly unread tight hinges strong square and clean. A large heavy set 12 pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 532; 571; 565; 559; 551 pages . 1831. John Murray hardcover
1831ref. 5972London: John Murray 1831. Octavo 23 cm; 5 volumes. Extra-illustrated with 197 give or take black-and-white engravings some folding and 16 color stipple engravings including portraits facsimiles scenes and a map. Handsomely re-cased in 20th-century tan buckram with leather labels on spines titled in gilt. Some offsetting onto text pages from opposing plates but otherwise the text is in excellent condition. Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is a book that names names. Johnson during his long life came into contact with virtually everyone in British society who left a footprint and Boswell names them all. John Wilson Croker's edition of Boswell's great biography-offered here in its initial printing-inspired something of a fashion for collectors to gather up printed portraits of the figures named in the biography and have them bound into their copies of Croker's Boswell opposite the pages where the figure is named or discussed. The majority of the portraits scenes facsimiles and maps in this copy date from the first quarter of the 19th century while a few were printed in the late 1700s and the most recent ones date from the 1840s. Celebrity portraits include those of Johnson Boswell Hester Lynch Piozzi Richardson Rousseau Sterne Catherine the Great Leibnitz Byron Swift Joseph Banks Voltaire Madame de Sévigné Captain Cook Thomas Gray John Donne Adam Smith Walter Scott Joseph Addison Thomas Brown Montaigne Drake Milton and many many many others. John Murray hardcover
