[Rarebooks] FS: First American Edition of Boswell's LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1807

[Charles Agvent]

 From our recently posted illustrated new online catalog, the entirety 
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BOSWELL, James. 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. Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake, 1807. First American 
Edition. Based upon the fifth English edition. Three octavo (5-1/4" x 
8-3/4") volumes bound in full contemporary calf recently rebacked with 
new spines retaining the original spine labels; 500, 512, 543pages., 
frontispiece portrait and 2 folding facsimiles. Grolier 100 Books Famous 
in English Literature 63; Pottle 85; Shaw & Shoemaker 12184. Tasteful 
bookplate on the front free endpaper of each volume. Slight loss of 
leather to some of the covers. Near Fine and attractive set.
Considered by many to be the greatest biography in the English 
language. 		$400.00
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