BOSWELL, James.

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. The unique "Monograph Copy", extra-illustrated with numerous additional plates and an extensive collection of autograph material, including autograph letters signed by both Boswell and Johnson. The remaining items derive from an illustrious group of figures within the Johnsonian milieu, many of whom feature in Boswell's narratives. This fine set offers a window onto the world Johnson inhabited.Johnson's letter is dated 29 July 1779. He notifies his physician Dr Lawrence that he has been detained in the country and must postpone their meeting. Boswell's, which is undated, proposes a day to "eat mutton" with Henry Sampson Woodfall (1739-1805), editor and printer of the Public Advertiser, which published Boswell's work. These are tipped into the front of volume I alongside two other autograph items. The remaining volumes likewise contain autograph material from different individuals tipped into their fronts, together with illuminated plates noting that the Société des Bibliophiles of New York specially bound and extra-illustrated the set.Correspondence from those with whom Johnson was personally, and often closely, acquainted includes social and professional letters from figures such as Hannah More (1745-1833), Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), Joseph Warton (1722-1800), and Samuel Parr (1747-1825). There is also a legal document signed by Johnson's defender, Lord Thurlow (1731-1806). The collection a

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