Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
[JOHNSON, SAMUEL.] The Prince of Abissinia. viii, 159, [1]; viii, 165, [3] pages, including final blank in Volume 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, 151x94 mm, 19th-century sprinkled sheep gilt by Francis Bedford, rebacked retaining original backstrips; scattered light marginal soiling and foxing. Pencil collation note of Alwin J. Scheuer dated 1929; morocco booklabels of Herbert L. Carlebach. London: R. & J. Dodsley and W. Johnston, 1759

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first edition, limited to 1500 sets, of Johnson's main work of prose fiction, later retitled Rasselas. With "Contents of the Second Volume" on A2r and "indiscerpible" on M1v, line 2, in Volume 2. Fleeman 59.4R/1; Courtney & Nichol Smith, page 87; Rothschild 1242.