BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 -
$2,500
Sold for $5,625
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Lot Description
BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
2 volumes, 4to (255 x 195 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd to vol.II. (Frontispiece lacking imprint.) Contemporary calf gilt, edges sprinkled (rebacked to style, rubbed).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the expected "gve" reading on vol. 1, p.135, l.10 and all 7 cancels. Boswell's great biography was published 16 May 1791 and achieved immediate critical acclaim. It has not been out of print since. ESTC T64481; Grolier English 65; Rothschild 463; Tinker 338.
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