Heading: [Johnson, Samuel]
Author: Boswell, James
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, during Which He Flourished
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed by Henry Baldwin
Date Published: 1791
Description:

2 volumes. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588 [i.e. 586] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 engraved plates of facsimiles. (4to) 27.5x21 cm. (10¾x8 ½"), early full brown calf, later calf rebacking, red morocco labels. First Edition.

First edition of perhaps the most famous literary biography, cementing the fame of both Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. This is the issue with the "give" reading on page 135, line 10 of Vol. I. Rothschild 463; Pottle 79.

Bindings worn, hinges cracked, bookplates and catalog clippings on endpapers; some foxing; very good.