Item #214204 The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. / by James Boswell, esq.; with marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for publication with an introduction by Edward G. Fletcher [Complete in 3 vols]. James Boswell.

The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. / by James Boswell, esq.; with marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for publication with an introduction by Edward G. Fletcher [Complete in 3 vols]

1938, Special Edition Printed for the members of the Limited editions club at the Curwen press. London : Printed for the members of the Limited editions club at the Curwen press. Very good copy in the original brown cloth with contrasting gilt-titled red leatherette plates recessed to spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright and internally clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description. : 3 v. : fronts. (ports. ) ; 25.5 cm. Notes: "The two sets of Piozzi marginalia which are the special feature of this edition ... Are from an 1816 edition of the life (the eighth) now at Harvard, and from an 1807 edition (the fifth) now owned by Colonel Ralph H. Isham." --Pref. , v.1." A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D": v.1, p. [xlix]-lviii. Subject: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Authors, English - 18th century - Biography. Lexicographers - Great Britain - Biography. Item #214204

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