The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons... [etc.] (v.2)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons... [etc.] (v.2)
Classmark: BC Gen q/JOH/B
Creator(s): Boswell, James (1740-1795)
Additional creator(s): Baldwin, Henry (1734-1813) (Other); Dilly, Charles (1739-1807) (Other)
Related people: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784; Baldwin, Henry; Dilly, Charles
Publisher: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1791
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 v (xii, [16], 516; [2], 588 p., leaves of plates)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/274807
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000126369705181
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Index to both volumes at the beginning of v. 1.
Remainder of title: "... and various original pieces of his composition, never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished. In two volumes."
Errata for both volumes in v. 1 before p. 1.
Indexed in: ESTC t064481.
Indexed in: Pottle 79: Rothschild 463. The collation agrees with Rothschild, the initial blank in volume two being present and the seven cancels being as described. The misprints Pottle considers characteristic of the first state of the first edition are present in both volumes.
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