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JOHNSONIANA -- Samuel JOHNSON (1709-1784). Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson ... published ... by Hester Lynch Piozzi. London: Strahan and Cadell, 1788. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 130mm). With errata slip at end. Modern half calf. FIRST EDITION. Courtney and Smith p. 168; Fleeman 88.3L/1.
Hester Lynch PIOZZI (1741-1821). Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy and Germany. London: Strahan and Cadell, 1789. 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 138mm). CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF BY KALTHOEBER, with his ticket in volume I. FIRST EDITION.
H.L. PIOZZI. British Synonymy. London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 131mm). Contemporary half calf by John Shipp of Blandford, with his ticket. Leaf of MS verses beginning 'He who writes verses when desir'd' loosely inserted, attributed to Mrs Piozzi. Provenance: Sir John Smith, bt. (bookplate). FIRST EDITION; together with 17 other volumes, including Boswell's Life and the Letters of Johnson, both edited by G.B. Hill, 1887-1892, 8°, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, in 8 uniformly-bound volumes. (23)
Hester Lynch PIOZZI (1741-1821). Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy and Germany. London: Strahan and Cadell, 1789. 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 138mm). CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF BY KALTHOEBER, with his ticket in volume I. FIRST EDITION.
H.L. PIOZZI. British Synonymy. London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 131mm). Contemporary half calf by John Shipp of Blandford, with his ticket. Leaf of MS verses beginning 'He who writes verses when desir'd' loosely inserted, attributed to Mrs Piozzi. Provenance: Sir John Smith, bt. (bookplate). FIRST EDITION; together with 17 other volumes, including Boswell's Life and the Letters of Johnson, both edited by G.B. Hill, 1887-1892, 8°, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, in 8 uniformly-bound volumes. (23)
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