Rasselas The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale

by Samuel Johnson

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First edition

First edition, one of 1500 printed by William Strahan. viii, 159; viii, 165 pp. A2r of vol. II in first, uncorrected state. 2 vols. Small 8vo 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches . Red morocco gilt by Stikeman and Co., marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Ormond G. Smith booklabel. Courtney & Smith, p. 87; Chapman & Hazen, p. 142; Fleeman I, 785-8; Rothschild 142; Tinker 1314. Item #325524 Hawkins and Boswell agree that

• Binding: Leather

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