JAMES BOSWELL: Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON Set FOLIO SOCIETY 2 Vol Leather HB 18th C

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JAMES BOSWELL: Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON Set FOLIO SOCIETY 2 Vol Leather HB 18th C:
$43.91

VERY GOODCONDITION

This sale is for alarge size quality LEATHER and hardback COMPLETE TWO VOLUME FIRST FOLIO SOCIETYEDITION SET entitled “The Life of SamuelJohnson,” subtitled “Exhibiting a View of Literature & Literary Men inGreat Britain for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished,” by James Boswell, Edited and with anIntroduction by Rodney Shewan and with 37 illustrations, including afrontispiece in each book: James Boswell (Volume One); Dr Samuel Johnson(Volume Two).

The set waspublished by The Folio Society, of London, in MCMLXVIII and is the 1968 FIRSTFOLIO SOCIETY EDITION.

This is the classic work on the life and times of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) by James Boswell (1740-1795).

The illustrationsinclude:

·DrSamuel Johnson (1709-1784)

·JamesBoswell (1740-1795)

·EdmundBurke

·Hanover Square About 1761

·DavidGarrick

·The Royal Hospital,Greenwich

·DrJohnson in His Travelling Dress

·The Palace of Versailles

·TheBastille

·JohnWilkes

·AlexanderPope

·OliverGoldsmith

·TheHospital at Bethlehem(Bedlam)

·TempleBar

·Sir JoshuaReynolds

…and more…

The books measure10 inches x 6.5 inches, will require 3.5 inches along your bookshelf and have568 + 682 pages + illustrations.

The books are invery good clean and neat condition with a little wear to the ends of the spines. The bindings are very good with no loose ormissing pages. There are NOinscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in either of thebooks. There is no slipcase.

A wonderful illustratedquality vintage COMPLETE TWO VOLUME FIRST FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION SET.

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