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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES, AND NUMEROUS WORKS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; A SERIES OF EPISTULARY CORRESPONDANCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONDS: AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED: THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE,AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. THE FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED. IN FOUR VOLUMES.
Johnson, Samuel.
London, The Strand: 1807, F. Cadell and W. Davies.
Vol. I, xxxv, 478, vol. II, 496, vol. III, 480, vol. iv, 522 pp., . Leather. 8vo,.
[Biography/Autobiography - Literature]
[Britain]
[Samuel Johnson]
[British History]
Vol. I with Frontispiece engraving, portrait of S. Johnson after J. Reynolds, fold-out facsimle of his handwriting; vol. III contains a fold-out facsimile letter of a Round Robin addressed to S. Johnson. Full calf, gilt spine titles. Actual postage according to destination will apply. Please, inquire.
All volumes with professionally repaired binding, vol. IV with well matched brown board for the front panel. Vol. III with water stains, mostly binding, prelims, and margin. Considering the age, still a nice, attractive set.
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