The life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain... The sixth edition, revised and augmented. In four volumes
by BOSWELL, JAMES
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London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Last Malone edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], xxxvii, [1], 464; [2], 496; [2], 482; [2], 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds, folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting, folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf, gilt-decorated spines, black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked, but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century, and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now, however, seems to be to return to the text of the third, as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" (Pottle). Pottle 86.
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- The life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain... The sixth edition, revised and augmented. In four volumes
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- BOSWELL, JAMES
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- T. Cadell and W. Davies
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- London
- Date Published
- 1811
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- Samuel Johnson , Biography , ,
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