11
12
EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET
11
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BOSWELL, JAMES.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
5 volumes. Each volume with
engraved colored frontispiece and title-vignette, profusion of plates (some folding, many col-
ored), facsimiles, and additional material. 8vo, contemporary full red crushed morocco with
faux bands stamped in black, covers and spine compartments bordered in gilt, all edges and
turn-ins gilt, by Bayntun, slight rubbing to a few joints, occasional shallow stray marks and
faint staining to covers on a few volumes; occasional foxing chiefly to preliminaries but
overall quite clean internally.
London: George Bell, 1884
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
AN EXTRA
-
ILLUSTRATED SET HANDSOMELY BOUND
;
an attractive presen-
tation. The final volume, Johnsoniana; Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, edited by
Robina Napier.
12
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BOSWELL, JAMES.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
6 volumes extended to 11.
Profusely illustrated with 508 inserted portraits and views, additional titles in red and black.
8vo, contemporary full tan pebbled morocco, covers with gilt scrollwork cornerpieces
within gilt rules, central gilt portrait motif of Johnson surrounded by gilt laurels, spine gilt
in compartments, top edges gilt, inner dentelles, spines slightly dulled, slight rubbing mostly
to corners, very occasional discoloration to covers; occasional offsetting to pages from
plates.
EXTRA
-
ILLUSTRATED SET
.
Oxford:The Clarendon Press, 1887
[1,200/1,800
