Lot 58
Johnson (Samuel).- Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, with all cancels, with 'The Principal Corrections and Additions...' of 1793 bound in, contemporary half calf, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
Hammer Price: £450
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Johnson (Samuel).- Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "give" in vol.1 S4r line 10, with all cancels, engraved portrait and 2 plates of facsimiles, vol.2 lacking initial blank, portrait spotted, some foxing, 2U3 in vol.2 frayed at fore-edge and 2Q3(cancel) with small stain, 1791; The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, first edition, title and 42pp. printed in double column, 1793, together 2 works in 2 vol. (second work bound at end of vol.2 of the first), modern bookplate of Richard Hatchwell, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines preserving old red roan labels, corners repaired, [Rothschild 463-465 & 466], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly
Description
Johnson (Samuel).- Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "give" in vol.1 S4r line 10, with all cancels, engraved portrait and 2 plates of facsimiles, vol.2 lacking initial blank, portrait spotted, some foxing, 2U3 in vol.2 frayed at fore-edge and 2Q3(cancel) with small stain, 1791; The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, first edition, title and 42pp. printed in double column, 1793, together 2 works in 2 vol. (second work bound at end of vol.2 of the first), modern bookplate of Richard Hatchwell, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines preserving old red roan labels, corners repaired, [Rothschild 463-465 & 466], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly
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