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Boswell

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LLD. 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 Nearly Half a Century During Which He Flourished.

Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859

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Year of publication
1859
Place of printing
London
Author
Boswell
Publishers
Routledge, Warnes and Routledge
Edition
A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE, VERY
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

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.