Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To Which Are Added Some Poems Never before Printed. Published from the Original Mss. In Her Possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi.
London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1788.
2 vols in one. 8vo, [2], xv, [1, blank], 397, [1]; xi, [1, blank], 424 pp. Without errata and initial blank, as often. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving the original smooth backstrip and red morocco label. Bookplate of Alfred Sutro. Boards a little scarred, occasional spotting, chip in final blank but overall a clean and tall copy in an attractive binding.
§ First edition of these lively and revealing letters exchanged by Samuel Johnson and his great friend Hester Thrale, the vivacious and intelligent society hostess. The volume was prepared, edited, and published by Thrale four years after Johnson's death and two years after her Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, which anticipated Boswell's biography. Rothschild 1270. Item #126154
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