Author: Boswell,James (1740-1795)
Title: JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON...
Description: London, Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 2nd edition same year as first 1785 Containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men . Octavo contemporary marbled calf spine elaborately gilt with red lettered spine label (top hinge loose/spine split midspine) bound with half title and final blank. Shelf number to foot of TP and Coat of arms bookplate of John Tolhurst F.S.A. & Bookplate of Monastery of St.Mary the Virgin at Worth. Laid in cutting from 1909 about Boswell. * Contains an authentic account of the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie from Scotland in 1746 following the Battle of Culloden. Boswell`s biography of Dr Johnson has been descibed as the best biography ever writen in the English language.

Keywords: Johnson johnsoniana Boswell tour Hebrides


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