Lot 436
Johnson, Samuel - in the original boards
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£450
Description
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: for W. Strathan and T. Cadell, 1775. Second edition, with the 6 line errata leaf following the title page, 8vo, original blue-grey boards, all edges uncut, paper spine partly worn, preserved in a half mottled calf slipcase, name of the former owner, "J.B. Russell, Beaminster July 1781" inscribed on the front free endpaper
Footnote
Note: This revised text incorporates Johnson's final revisions. See William B. Todd, "The Printing of Johnson's Journey (1775),", Studies in Bibliography, 6 (1953-54), pp. 247-54. Courtney, pp.122-123; Chapman & Hazen, pp.151-152.