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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works

James Boswell

1791 · Hardcover · Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry

First edition · 2 volumes · 4to · English

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Published in an edition of 1,750 copies on 16 May 1791, the twenty-eighth anniversary of Boswell first meeting Johnson. First edition, first issue: the uncorrected 'gve' reading on p. 135 of volume I, with cancels as listed by Rothschild (Rothschild 463). Two volumes, quarto.

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