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Livres anciens et modernes

Boswell James

The Life of Samuel Johnson. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and numerous Works in chronological Order; a Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent Persons. The Fifth Edition, revised and augmented. THE FIFTH EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1807

653,20 €

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(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1807
Auteur
Boswell James
Éditeurs
Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand
Thème
literature, johnson, samuel johnson, boswell, james boswell
Langues
Anglais

Description

4 vols., roy. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece, and 2 large folding facsimiles, free endpapers mildly browned, some light age-staining to text; strongly bound IN ORIGINAL DOVE-GREY BOARDS, expertly rebacked in ivory faux-vellum to style, backstrips with printed paper labels, uncut, boards lightly age-soiled, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. Complete with half-titles, and the errata slip to all four volumes in first volume. With 16pp publisher's catalogue (dated 1 December 1808) bound in at end of first volume. The facsimiles are the 'Round Robin' and the sample of Johnson's hand. In addition to the dedication to Reynolds, this edition retains Bowell's advertisements to the first and second editions, Malone's similar to the fourth and fifth editions, and the chronological list of Johnson's prose works. 'In this fifth edition some errors have been corrected. Two letters written by Dr. Johnson, and several new notes, have been added' (Malone). COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS ARE VERY SCARCE. NCBEL II, p.1214; Pottle (Boswell) 84.
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