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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., During the Last Twenty Years of His
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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., During the Last Twenty Years of His Life Viii, 306, [1, postscript], [1] pp., without errata slip. 8vo - 1786

by Piozzi, Hester Lynch [Thrale]

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London: Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand, 1786. First edition. viii, 306, [1, Postscript], [1] pp., without errata slip. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, worn. Front cover detached along with front free endpaper and half-title. Small stains to title and following few leaves at top margin. Rest of contents clean. First edition. viii, 306, [1, Postscript], [1] pp., without errata slip. 8vo. Mrs. Piozzi's first book, a "a candid and generically ground-breaking biography, which sold out on the first day of publication ... endorsed by modern criticism, which sees her as anticipating Boswellian biographical innovation (his Life of Johnson was published in 1791) while supplying an irreverent corrective" (ODNB). Rothschild 1549; Courtney & Smith, p. 161 ("Several of Johnson's verses were first printed in this volume")
Used - Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, worn. Front cover detached along with front free endpaper and half-title. Small st
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