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The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia

Johnson, Samuel (Edited by R. W. Chapman)
Published by Clarendon Press (Printed by John Johnson for Oxford University Press) in Oxford 1927
SKU: 59763
£75.00
LIMITED EDITION of 750 copies 8vo. hardback in quarter vellum, gilt, and marbled boards. xxi, 221pp. plus [5] Textual Notes at end. Illustrated with two folding facsimiles of Johnson's receipt for payment for the second edition of Rasselas, and of Johnson's letter to Stahan, 20.1.1759. Pages unopened. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light foxing to folding plates and untrimmed foredge. Slight rubbing to marbled board edges and very slight soiling to vellum. A VERY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY.