£1,000 - £2,000
BOSWELL, JAMES
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
London, Henry Baldwin, 1791. First edition second state (with 'give' reading on line 10 of p135). 2 volumes, 4to, portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds, 'Round-Robin' and 'Signatures' plates both present, vol 2 with an additional portrait of Johnson. A good clean and handsome copy in 18th century speckled calf, spines with red and green labels, title and volume labels to vol 1 replaced in a matching style (2)
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