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BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
First edition, first issue, of the most celebrated biography in the English language. A large, uncut copy. Boswell's great biography of his friend Dr Johnson was published on 16 May 1791 in a print-run of 1,750 copies and achieved immediate critical acclaim. It has not been out of print since. Grolier, English 65; Pottle 79; Rothschild 463.
2 volumes, quarto (299 x 230mm). Engraved portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd (occasional light staining, bound without the blank A1 in vol. II, very light offsetting from frontispiece onto title). Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco spine labels, uncut (rebacked preserving the original spines, vol. I recornered, extremities lightly rubbed).
First edition, first issue, of the most celebrated biography in the English language. A large, uncut copy. Boswell's great biography of his friend Dr Johnson was published on 16 May 1791 in a print-run of 1,750 copies and achieved immediate critical acclaim. It has not been out of print since. Grolier, English 65; Pottle 79; Rothschild 463.
2 volumes, quarto (299 x 230mm). Engraved portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd (occasional light staining, bound without the blank A1 in vol. II, very light offsetting from frontispiece onto title). Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco spine labels, uncut (rebacked preserving the original spines, vol. I recornered, extremities lightly rubbed).
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