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First Edition, first state of S4r with "gve" for "give". Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds, 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588 [i.e. 586] pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 65 Bound in contemporary brown mottled calf, rebacked with original red and green labels on spine laid down. Bookplate of John Mountenay Lely (1839-1907) and Robert McKinlay. In open-faced blue cloth slipcsae Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds, 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588 [i.e. 586] pp. 2 vols. 4to First Edition, first state of S4r with "gve" for "give".

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.