The beauties of Boswell
Subtitle: being a series of drawings satirizing Dr. Samuel Johnson's visit with James Boswell to the Western Isles of Scotland
By: by Thomas Rowlandson
Publisher: Book Club of California
Published: 1942
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons
Other titles: Picturesque beauties of Boswell.
Work titles: Picturesque beauties of Boswell. Part 1.
Notes: "Two hundred and fifty copies have been printed ... by the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. The Rowlandson drawings have been reproduced from the original 1786 edition, by permission of the owner, Moore S. Achenbach"--P. [7]

Laid in portfolio.

Explanatory text signed: Flodden W. Heron.

Facsimile of original title-page: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, part the first. Containing ten prints, designed and etched by two capital artists ... [London] E. Jackson, and G. Kearsley, 1786.

Bequest; Mary Hyde Eccles; February 2004; 2003J-SJ849.

From the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

In original portfolio of marbled boards, printed paper cover label.