1844 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell English Biography Croker 10v Set

1844 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell English Biography Croker 10v Set

Samuel Johnson was a famous English writer and scholar most known for his ‘Dictionary of the English Language’ as well as a collection of biographical accounts of eminent English poets. In the mid-1700s, Johnson met James Boswell, a Scottish biographer who wrote an extensive biography of Johnson, which several experts consider the greatest biography in the English language!

This impressive, ten-volume edition was published in 1844, edited by John Wilson Croker.

Item number: #25080

Price: $750

BOSWELL, James

The life of Samuel Johnson…  including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides

London: J. Murray, 1844.

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 10 volumes
  • Each volume individually paginated
  • 48 engraved plates and facsimile handwriting examples
    • Including frontispieces and engraved title pages
  • Provenance: Handwritten
    • [ Jno. Partington]
    • H. Smith
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 10.5cm)

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