JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. 8°. Errata leaf (some spotting). Contemporary half calf gilt (rubbed, spine split). Provenance: "John Hunter Blair from Mamma, 1834" (inscription on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION, with 12-line errata and p.296 misnumbered as 226. Chapman & Hazen p.151; Courtney & Smith p.122; Rothschild 1257.

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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. 8°. Errata leaf (some spotting). Contemporary half calf gilt (rubbed, spine split). Provenance: "John Hunter Blair from Mamma, 1834" (inscription on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION, with 12-line errata and p.296 misnumbered as 226. Chapman & Hazen p.151; Courtney & Smith p.122; Rothschild 1257.

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