Lot 226

Boswell, James





Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
£525
Description
The journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson... London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1785. First edition, 8vo., half title and advert leaf at end containing errata and the announcement, "Preparing for the press, in volume quarto, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." , contemporary tree calf, some rubbing to spine and slight cracking to top joint, very occasional light spotting; [Idem] An account of Corsica... Dublin: J. Exshaw, 1769. 12mo., engraved portrait of Pasco Paoli, modern quarter calf (2)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire




