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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. Preview this item
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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.

Author: James Boswell; David Edwin; Thomas Wightman; William Andrews; Lemuel Blake
Publisher: Boston: : Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins, printers., 1807.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : English : First American from the fifth London editionView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Gold tooled leather (Binding)
Bibliography
Portraits
Intaglio prints
Bibliographies
Marbled papers (Binding)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Fillet tools (Binding)
Lettering pieces (Binding)
Stained edges (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance)
Library copies (Provenance)
Named Person: Samuel Johnson; Samuel Johnson; Samuel Johnson; Samuel Johnson
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James Boswell; David Edwin; Thomas Wightman; William Andrews; Lemuel Blake
OCLC Number: 191260416
Notes: Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson signed: D. Edwin, sc.
Edition statement transposed; precedes 'In three volumes' on title page.
Vol. 1: 500 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 512 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 3: 543, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. Last page of v. 3 blank.
In some copies, p. 50 of v. 1 is misnumbered 34.
Description: 3 v. : 1 port., 2 facsims. ; 23 cm.
Other Titles: Life of Samuel Johnson
Responsibility: By James Boswell, Esq. ; [Three lines from Horace] ; In three volumes. Vol. I[-III].

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