The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; Numerous Additions and Notes By John Wilson-Croker ...Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana ... Upwards of Fifty Engraved Illustrations. In Ten Volumes

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. Half Leather. 12 mo. Near Fine. Item #38826

Ten Volumes half bound in beige calf and French Curl marbled boards, 5 raised bands, ornate gilt panelled spine, gilt-stamped red leather spine label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Each volume with engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page with the John Murrary imprint and dated 1835, plus 28 plates of which 12 are double-page facsimile letters on tabs. Some mild foxing to several plates, otherwise interior clean and crisp. Minor scuffing to boards, a bit of rubbing, spine gilt dulled, else a near fine, handsome set.

Price (CAD): $425.00

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