THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. in Nine Volumes + 2 Supplementary Volumes (11 Volumes, Complete)
Published by Talboys and Wheeler & W. Pickering in Oxford & London 1825
SKU: 59819
£850.00
11 Volumes, Complete 8vo. original tan diced calf, rebacked with new tan calf spines,red and green title labels and decorative gilt. Original marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Volume I contains Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson but lacks the portrait frontispiece. Lacking half titles to all volumes. Engraved armorial bookplate of Alfred Bousfield to all front pastedowns. Slight tanning and foxing to prelims but generally clean and bright throughout. Some light rubbing/polishing marks to original boards (please see photos) but overall a VERY GOOD, HANDSOME SET.