Details
- Dimensions
- 5.5ʺW × 1.2ʺD × 8.62ʺH
- Styles
- Traditional
- Period
- 19th Century
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Leather
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Wear consistent with age and use - expected foxing - cover of volume 1 detached. Wear consistent with age and use - expected foxing - cover of volume 1 detached. less
- Description
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Four antique volumes in full leather bindings - "The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D." by James Boswell, Esq. 1807.
Provenance … more Four antique volumes in full leather bindings - "The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D." by James Boswell, Esq. 1807.
Provenance - Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Middleton Park
Measure 8 5/8" x 5 1/2". Wear consistent with age and use - expected foxing - cover of volume 1 detached.
"Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; 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 published. The fifth edition, revised and augmented in four volumes. London; Printed for T. Cadell and W Davies in the Strand. 1807." less
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