The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him. Collected and Edited by R.W. Chapman [Complete set].
Rare and modern books
Johnson Samuel
Clarendon Press, Oxford,
1984
The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him. Collected and Edited by R.W. Chapman [Complete set].
Rare and modern books
Johnson Samuel
Clarendon Press, Oxford,
1984
170.20 €
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United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1984
- Author
- Johnson Samuel
- Publishers
- Clarendon Press, Oxford
- Keyword
- literature, johnson, thrale, piozzi, chapman, letters, samuel johnson, mrs. h. thrale, literature, the, letters, samuel, johnson, mrs., thrale's, genuine, letters, him
- Languages
- English
Description
3 vols., 8vo., with 3 facsimiles as frontispieces and a full-page map in the text, front free endpapers browned; original black buckram gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set. Sold with a small quantity of relevant ephemera. The set comprises Vol. I: 1719-1774; Vol. II: 1775-1782; Vol. III: 1783-1784. Chapman's is most inclusive edition to date, in particular surpassing Hill's of 1892. It includes an extensive bibliographical and historiographical introduction. Lovely set of the much-needed first reissue of the original edition of 1952.
