Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 21

Boswell, James (1740-1795) The Life of

Early Printed Books
27 Oct 2020
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 21

Boswell, James (1740-1795) The Life of

Early Printed Books
27 Oct 2020
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Boswell, James (1740-1795) The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First edition, two large quarto volumes, with stipple engraved portrait of Johnson by Heath after Joshua Reynolds and two additional full-page engravings; page 135 line 10 with typographical error corrected from "gve" to "give"; bound in uniform contemporary diced russia, rebacked, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. [together with] Samuel Johnson's (1709-1784) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, London: for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1775, octavo, contemporary boards, rebacked, 8 1/4 x 5 in. (3) Life of Johnson: ESTC T64481; Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Tinker 338.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

Boswell, James (1740-1795) The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First edition, two large quarto volumes, with stipple engraved portrait of Johnson by Heath after Joshua Reynolds and two additional full-page engravings; page 135 line 10 with typographical error corrected from "gve" to "give"; bound in uniform contemporary diced russia, rebacked, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. [together with] Samuel Johnson's (1709-1784) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, London: for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1775, octavo, contemporary boards, rebacked, 8 1/4 x 5 in. (3) Life of Johnson: ESTC T64481; Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Tinker 338.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert