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Auction archive: Lot number 333

Johnson (Samuel).

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$376 - US$501
Price realised:
£210
ca. US$263
Auction archive: Lot number 333

Johnson (Samuel).

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$376 - US$501
Price realised:
£210
ca. US$263
Beschreibung:

Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., to which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the Original MSS. in her possession by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1788, ownership signature to upper margin of volume 1 title, scattered spotting, volume 2 without errata slip, contemporary calf, joints cracked, worn, 8vo, together with The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, new edition, corrected, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional spotting and toning, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, with Hawkins (John), The Life of Samuel Johnson, Dublin, 1787, occasional light dust-soiling, modern calf backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus other Johnson related including A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Missionary, 1789, The Rambler, 3 volumes, 18th edition, 1825, and Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being, Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson, 1836, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell 6th edition, revised & corrected, 1813 (16)

Auction archive: Lot number 333
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., to which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the Original MSS. in her possession by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1788, ownership signature to upper margin of volume 1 title, scattered spotting, volume 2 without errata slip, contemporary calf, joints cracked, worn, 8vo, together with The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, new edition, corrected, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional spotting and toning, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, with Hawkins (John), The Life of Samuel Johnson, Dublin, 1787, occasional light dust-soiling, modern calf backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus other Johnson related including A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Missionary, 1789, The Rambler, 3 volumes, 18th edition, 1825, and Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being, Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson, 1836, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell 6th edition, revised & corrected, 1813 (16)

Auction archive: Lot number 333
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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