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London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1835. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 vol. Small 8vo. [5], vi-xxiv, [2], 3-325, [3]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-344, [2]; [5], vi-ix, [2], 2-323, [3]; [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-343, [1]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-341, [3]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-342, [2]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-381, [3]; [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-431, [3]; [5], vi-xv, [2], 2-335, [3]; [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-376, [2] pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished calf over pink cloth, spines in six compartments (spines unpolished), lettered and tooled in gilt; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated by a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page, volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing (to which there is a tiny hairline split, not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate). Oxford DNB, Pat Rogers, "Johnson, Samuel…

James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' is regarded as one of the greatest biographies written in the English language. It provides an in-depth and vivid recounting of the life of Samuel Johnson, a writer and critic who was a towering figure in 18th-century British literature.