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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784). A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775.
8o. Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the 12-line errata. Johnson's journey, though contemplated far earlier, took place in 1773 when he was sixty-four. He sent the first sheets of his account to press on 20 June 1774, and before the year ended it had been published at 5 shillings. Courtney and Smith p. 122; Chapman and Hazen p. 151; Fleeman 75.1J/1a; Rothschild 1256; Tinker 1357.
8o. Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the 12-line errata. Johnson's journey, though contemplated far earlier, took place in 1773 when he was sixty-four. He sent the first sheets of his account to press on 20 June 1774, and before the year ended it had been published at 5 shillings. Courtney and Smith p. 122; Chapman and Hazen p. 151; Fleeman 75.1J/1a; Rothschild 1256; Tinker 1357.