The beauties of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.

A$275 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous : to which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the Doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi; His Life recently published by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic testimonies, also, his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late doctor Dodd. London : printed for C. and G. Kearsley, 1792. A new edition, being the eighth, wherein the two volumes are compiled in one, an arranged under one alphabet, with very considerable additions. Octavo, contemporary tree calf, a few scratches, flat panelled spine with gilt ornamentation, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece, pp. cxv; [I publisher s advertisement]; facsimile plate of Johnson s handwriting, 300, a very good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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