Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 24

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BOSWELL, JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Engraved portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume 1; 2 plates in Volume 2. xii, [16], 516; [2] (of [4]), 588 pages; lacks initial blank in Volume 2. 2 volumes. 4to, modern gilt-panelled mottled leather, minor wear; contents toned or browned with light to moderate foxing, offsetting from portrait onto title, dampstain along top and fore edges of portrait, plate facing page 92 in Volume 2 browned. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791

Additional Details

first edition; second state of S4r in Volume 1, with "give" on line 10. Rothschild 463.