The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Subtitle: 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: by James Boswell
Contributors: Dickinson, Susan Huntington, 1830-1913, former owner; Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, former owner; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Edition: New ed., elucidated by copious notes and illustrated with numerous portraits, views, and characteristic designs, engraved from authentic sources.
Publisher: National Illustrated Library, 227 Strand
Published: 1851
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English Authors; Biography
Work titles: Life of Samuel Johnson
Notes: Imprint varies. V.2: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 227 Strand; v.4: Nathaniel Cooke, Milford House, Strand, 1854.

Preface dated: 1851.

Paging: v. 1: xxxii, 291 p.; v. 2: viii, 298 p.; v. 3: viii, 298 p.; v. 4: 300 p.; v. 5: xxvi, 361 p.

Each volume has added t.p. with vignette (portrait).

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