Lot 63
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vol., first edition, second issue, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "give" in line 10 p.135 vol. 1, vol. 2 lacking initial blank, stipple-engraved portrait by Heath after Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles, ex libris ink stamps to front pastedowns, vol. 2 title with small marginal tear, scattered foxing and marginal browning, later straight-grain red morocco with gilt floral border, spines gilt, spines faded, extremities a little bumped, rubbed and stained, [ESTC T64481; Rothschild 464], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
⁂ A good set of one of the greatest biographies in the English language in a handsome binding.
Description
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "give" in line 10 p.135 vol. 1, vol. 2 lacking initial blank, stipple-engraved portrait by Heath after Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles, ex libris ink stamps to front pastedowns, vol. 2 title with small marginal tear, scattered foxing and marginal browning, later straight-grain red morocco with gilt floral border, spines gilt, spines faded, extremities a little bumped, rubbed and stained, [ESTC T64481; Rothschild 464], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
⁂ A good set of one of the greatest biographies in the English language in a handsome binding.
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