1819, ISBN: 9dd78af256a2c83e1491a7fb07108bf9

London, England: Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller. Good. 1819. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition. Full, red, straight-grain Morocco binding with… Plus…

London, England: Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller. Good. 1819. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition. Full, red, straight-grain Morocco binding with gilt decorations to both front and rear covers and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. AEG (all edges gilt) , plain dark umber endpapers. (Pp iii, 197 plus 4 engraved plates and an engraved headpiece vignette. ) The spine joints of the book cover are cracking. There's rubbing to all edges and joints. The rear cover has several scrapes to the leather. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some burning to pages opposite the engravings, and one small edge tear. " His later works included essays, an influential annotated edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare, and the widely read tale The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. In 1763, he befriended James Boswell, with whom he later travelled to Scotland; Johnson described their travels in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Towards the end of his life, he produced the massive and influential Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, a collection of biographies and evaluations of 17th- and 18th-century poets. Johnson was a tall and robust man. His odd gestures and tics were disconcerting to some on first meeting him. Boswell's Life, along with other biographies, documented Johnson's behaviour and mannerisms in such detail that they have informed the posthumous diagnosis of Tourette syndrome, a condition not defined or diagnosed in the 18th century. After a series of illnesses, he died on the evening of 13 December 1784, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. In the years following his death, " (from Wikipedia) ., Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller, 1819, 2.5<

1819, ISBN: 9dd78af256a2c83e1491a7fb07108bf9

London, England: Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller. Very Good-. 1819. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Full, red straight-grain Morocco binding with gilt decorations to both front … Plus…

London, England: Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller. Very Good-. 1819. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Full, red straight-grain Morocco binding with gilt decorations to both front and rear covers and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. AEG (all edges gilt) , plain dark umber endpapers. (Pp iii, 197 plus 4 engraved plates and an engraved headpiece vignette. ) The spine joints of the book cover are tender, with some cracking. There's rubbing to all edges and joints. The rear cover has several scrapes to the leather. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some burning to pages opposite the engravings, and one small edge tear. " His later works included essays, an influential annotated edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare, and the widely read tale The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. In 1763, he befriended James Boswell, with whom he later travelled to Scotland; Johnson described their travels in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Towards the end of his life, he produced the massive and influential Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, a collection of biographies and evaluations of 17th- and 18th-century poets. Johnson was a tall and robust man. His odd gestures and tics were disconcerting to some on first meeting him. Boswell's Life, along with other biographies, documented Johnson's behaviour and mannerisms in such detail that they have informed the posthumous diagnosis of Tourette syndrome, a condition not defined or diagnosed in the 18th century. After a series of illnesses, he died on the evening of 13 December 1784, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. In the years following his death, " ., Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller, 1819, 3<

1805, ISBN: 9dd78af256a2c83e1491a7fb07108bf9

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: William Miller], London: William Miller, and sold by Manners and Miller, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1805. First edition thus. [viii]+197p. … Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: William Miller], London: William Miller, and sold by Manners and Miller, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1805. First edition thus. [viii]+197p. With engravings by A. Raimbach, from pictures by R. Smirke, R.A. 4 plates and one engraved headpiece vignette to chapter I. Sporadic foxing throughout, most heavily to early and late pages. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Bound in half leather over marbled boards, some wear to all extremities and rubbing to spine edges. Five raised bands, bright gilt lettering and decoration to spine., Books<

1805, ISBN: 9dd78af256a2c83e1491a7fb07108bf9

Edition reliée, Première édition

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: William Miller, London], a near fine copy in a superb 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards of Johnson's novel of Abyssinia with all the original copper pla… Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: William Miller, London], a near fine copy in a superb 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards of Johnson's novel of Abyssinia with all the original copper plate engravings by A Raimbach from paintings by Robert Smirke of the Royal Academy, Letter Press by James Ballantyne of Edinburgh, a tall well margined copy Raised bands and a black morocco gilt title label on spine., Books<