Item #23427 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (3 volume set, complete). James Boswell.
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (3 volume set, complete)
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (3 volume set, complete)
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (3 volume set, complete)

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (3 volume set, complete)

London: Bickers and Son, 1874. Leather. 1874 edition, with some of the Author's notes from the third edition. 3 volume set, complete. A Very Good + set. 8vo., [Vol.1] xx, m, 538; [Vol.2] 527; [Vol.3] 525 pp., illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece, folding plates, folding maps. Uniformly bound in half calf and marbled paper over boards; title and volume on red and black morocco labels on the spine. All edges marbled; marbled end papers. Spines slightly sunned/dulled. A handsome set, Very Good +. Very Good +. Item #23427

This work, originally published in 1791, represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English.

Price: $180.00

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