Boswell, James; Henry Morley [ed].

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LLD. and the Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides in Five Volumes.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. 3/4 Leather. 5 volume set. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Royal octavos. lv 381pp, 398pp, 400pp, 390pp, 424pp. The Sir Joshua Reynolds edition, illustrated with portraits by Reynolds. 24 portraits. This edition is limited to just 500 sets of which this is set 201. Uniformly bound into 3/4 tan leather with marble boards and endpapers. 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt top foredges and spine lettering. Floral design to spines. Previous owner's small book label (Gertrude B. Doxey) on first blank page of each volume. Some scuffing to spine raised bands and edges of boards. Very Good. Item #70543

Price: $750.00