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BOSWELL, James (1740-95). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin, 1791. 2 volumes, 4° (274 x 210mm). Engraved portrait and one facsimile plate only (lacking the second facsimile plate and blank A1 in vol. II, a few leaves lightly browned, some light spotting.) Contemporary polished calf with blindstamped armorials on covers (skilfully rebacked, new spine with red and green morocco lettering-pieces, covers with a few scratches). FIRST EDITION, with "give" reading on p.135 and 7 cancels. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Tinker 338.
GIBBON, Edward (1737-94). Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of his Life and Writings ... with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield. Dublin: P. Wogan (and others), 1796. 3 volumes, 8°, engraved silhouette frontispiece in volume one (a few spots and stains). Contemporary marbled calf gilt, spines gilt with red and black morocco lettering-pieces (rebacked preserving original spines). Provenance: ?Hughes (old signature on title). FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. Norton 132; with the same author's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (London, 1825-26, 4 vols., contemporary half calf gilt).
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GIBBON, Edward (1737-94). Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of his Life and Writings ... with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield. Dublin: P. Wogan (and others), 1796. 3 volumes, 8°, engraved silhouette frontispiece in volume one (a few spots and stains). Contemporary marbled calf gilt, spines gilt with red and black morocco lettering-pieces (rebacked preserving original spines). Provenance: ?Hughes (old signature on title). FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. Norton 132; with the same author's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (London, 1825-26, 4 vols., contemporary half calf gilt).
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