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UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. BOSWELL, JAMES. 1740-1795; JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784. Dr. Johnso...
UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. BOSWELL, JAMES. 1740-1795; JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784. Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk: containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of distinguished persons: selected and arranged from Mr. Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk: containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of distinguished persons: selected and arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson. London: for C. Dilly, 1798. 8vo (230 x 148 mm). Engraved portrait frontis after Joshua Reynolds inserted. UNCUT in original pale blue paper-backed boards, titled in ink to spine, front cover detached, some soiling to covers, first gathering loose. Custom cloth folding chemise and morocco backed slipcase. FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON'S TABLE TALK, rare in this state. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. BOSWELL, JAMES. 1740-1795; JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784. Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk: containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of distinguished persons: selected and arranged from Mr. Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk: containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of distinguished persons: selected and arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson. London: for C. Dilly, 1798. 8vo (230 x 148 mm). Engraved portrait frontis after Joshua Reynolds inserted. UNCUT in original pale blue paper-backed boards, titled in ink to spine, front cover detached, some soiling to covers, first gathering loose. Custom cloth folding chemise and morocco backed slipcase. FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON'S TABLE TALK, rare in this state. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing