[Rarebooks] FS: Early printing of Johnson's "The Prince of Abissinia" London: 1760

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Johnson, Samuel]. THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. A Tale in Two Volumes. The Third Edition. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Johnston. 1760. Sm. 8vo. 2 vols. in 1, each with a title page. viii,159,(1);viii,165,(1)pp Cont. speckled calf, elaborately gilt tooled spine compartments, red calf label. Small chips at extremities of spine and top of front hinge (rubbed).    $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition was published a year earlier in 1759, and this work is thematically similar to Candide which was also published in 1759.

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