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Livres anciens et modernes

Curley, Thomas M.

Samuel Johnson and the Age of Travel

1976

29,14 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1976
Lieu d'édition
Athens. The University of Georgia
Auteur
Curley, Thomas M.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Europe
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii], 285 pp, frontis portrait drawing, illus, index. original green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), very slight foxing at outer edge of text block, else near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting study in which the author followed Johnson's itinerary through Scotland, Wales and France, with sections on the age of travel during Johnson's lifetime, travels with the Thrales, morality and metaphor of travel, mythic and historic travel, philosophic art and travel in the Highlands, etc.