1833 2vols Life of Samuel Johnson Journal Tour Of The Hebrides By James Boswell

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! The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides By James Boswell, Esq.; with additions and notes by John Wilson Crocker, LL.D. F.R.S 1833 - New York - George Dearborn 11" by 7", xiii, 563; 566pp DETAILS "The most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature", the biography of Samuel Johnson by his contemporary Boswell, with a portrait Johnson to frontispiece of first volume and a portrait of Boswell to frontispiece of second volume and a futher engraved portrait in first volume. In two volumes complete. Bound by H. & H. Griffin, New York, with binders label to front pastedown. Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 - 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795) was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, which contemporary Johnsonian critic Harold Bloom has claimed read more
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