JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. London, 1810. 2 vols. 4o. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary calf gilt (upper joint of first vol. renewed). Provenance: Rev. D. St. John (bookplate). -- PIOZZI, Hester Lynch. Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson. London, 1788. 2 vols. 8o. Half-calf and marbled boards. Provenance: Charles Wells (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. -- BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1885. 5 vols. 8o. Later half-morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g. others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, number 37 of 500 sets. (9)

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JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. London, 1810. 2 vols. 4o. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary calf gilt (upper joint of first vol. renewed). Provenance: Rev. D. St. John (bookplate). -- PIOZZI, Hester Lynch. Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson. London, 1788. 2 vols. 8o. Half-calf and marbled boards. Provenance: Charles Wells (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. -- BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1885. 5 vols. 8o. Later half-morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g. others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, number 37 of 500 sets. (9)

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