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The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a 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 nearly half a century during which he flourished / by James Boswell ...
LIBRA PR3533 .B6 1851 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Standardized Title:
- Life of Samuel Johnson
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Johnson, Samuel.
- Hebrides (Scotland)--Description and travel.
- Hebrides (Scotland).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Waingrow, Marshall, Dr. (donor)(RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 5 volumes : frontispieces, illustrations, folded facsimiles ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition, elucidated by copious notes, and illustrated with numerous portraits, views, and characteristic designs, engraved from authentic sources.
- Other Title:
- Boswell's Life of Johnson
- Place of Publication:
- London : Office of the National illustrated library, [1851-1852].
- Notes:
- Lettered on cover: National illustrated library. (RBC copy)
- Each v. has added t.p., with vignette (portrait); v. 5 has title: The journal of a tour to the Hebrides ...
- Local Notes:
- Imperfect: RBC has v.2 only.
- Contains:
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides.
- OCLC:
- 187460265
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