Lot 5: BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. A New Edition with Numerous Additionas and Notes by John Wilson Croker . London: John Murray, 1831.

Name: BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. A New Edition with Numerous Additionas and Notes by John Wilson Croker . London: John Murray, 1831.
Brand: Christie's
SKU: fcd0571bb1

Est: $1,000 USD - $1,500 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 04, 2009

Item Overview

Description

BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. A New Edition with Numerous Additionas and Notes by John Wilson Croker. London: John Murray, 1831.

5 volumes extended to 10, 8υo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with over 500 plates. Blue morocco gilt, spines gilt in six compartments, gilt-lettered in two, top edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, blue watered silk linings, by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

A fine extra-illustrated set of the first edition with Croker's additions and revisions containing numerous portraits, maps, scenes, and facsimilies relating to Samuel Johnson. (10)

Artist or Maker

? (1799) Wilson

Notes

Property from the Estate of H. Richard Dietrich, Jr.

Auction Details

Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

Christie's

December 04, 2009, 02:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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