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London: John Murray, 1835. First Illustrated Edition, Croker's Second Edition. 170 x 105 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). 10 volumes.. VERY PRETTY PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAYNTUN OF BATH (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with gilt rule border, central panel diapered in gilt with knots at line intersection, central compartment filled with floral tools, raised bands, spine compartments with large fleuron, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins with trefoil at corners, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a total of 51 ILLUSTRATIONS, consisting of: engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title page with vignette in each volume, a folding map, a folding facsimile plate, and one double-page plate, as called for, all by Edward Francis Finden and all hand-colored, AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 28 PLATES (10 portraits, nine views, nine folding facsimile plates, four with vignette views), ALL COLORED BY HAND, all with tissue guards. Pottle 92. ◆Spines just slightly and evenly sunned to…

Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography and has been described as the greatest biography written in English.

First editions of 'Life of Samuel Johnson' are printed by William Strahan in 1791 with two volumes. They can be identified by their full leather binding and the date on the title page.