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BOSWELL, JamesBiblio.com

A Letter to the People of Scotland on the Alarming Attempt to Infringe the Articles of the Union and Introduce a Most Pernicious Innovation by Diminishing the Number of the Lords of Session.

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An Account of Corsica the Journal of a Tour to That Island 1st ed.

1768AA179Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First edition second state. Very Good. xxi 3 382 pp Folding copper-engraved map 8vo 20x12 cm 8x4Â¾" period full calf raised bands morocco lettering piece Some rubbing to spine and extremities joints tender minor wear to covers small repair to rear cover; short stub tear to map else very good or better an attractive copy This was the first work to bring Boswell fame; it also brought the cause of Corsican independence fought for under the handsome and impressive General Paoli to international attention Boswell's urgent calls for support and the romanticized account of Paoli as lionized father figure nearly brought England into war with France over Corsica Eventually the struggle for independence was lost and Paoli fled to England where he enjoyed widespread adulation Even for an 18th century work there are a significant number of state variations for this first edition which may occur in various combinations. Following the general order per the Rothschild catalogue 442 this appears to be a second state of the first edition. A second edition was published in London later in the same year. Specific points for this copy include: 1 Collation consists of blank leaf half title folding map title page preface table of contents pp 382 final blank leaf 2 P 51 ii state with :John Home" correctly placed 3 P 67/68“ l 11-12 ii state "noble fief of Is/tria" 4 P 357 "Mariani" is spelled correctly 5 Folding map has the publisher's imprint and no scale of miles the imprint is absent in the first state 6 Table of Contents - 141 for 241 uncorrected 7 P 70 l 17 - Ftruscans for Etruscans 8 P 93 l6 "prince of" 9 P 137 l 11 "feelirg" 10 P 172 l 9 - "tha the" 11 P 184 l 4 with dots over the y in Montgomery" 12 P 296 l 18 "of my own" 13 P 327 l 9-10 "speculati/ions Also E2 and Z3 are cancels. . Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown

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Boswell, JamesBiblio.com

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LL.D. By James Boswell Esq. Containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson relative to the Tour and never before published; A Series of his Conversation Literary Anecdotes and Opinions of Men and Books: With an Authentick Account of the Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II. In the Year 1746.

17851245821785. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. 8vo xx ii 1-534 1 advertisement for Life of Johnsonpp. Uncut in original boards; complete with half title and terminal blank. Backstrip sensitively restored boards soiled and worn at edges some dampstaining to front endpapers half title and title some loss to terminal blank bookplate; withal a very pleasing copy in a custom leather box. § Second edition revised and corrected. A lovely copy uncut in the original boards and uncommon thus. Pottle notes that the second edition was issued in boards at 6s. and also bound "All copies I have seen are full-bound in calf." Boswell's account of a three month tour of the Highlands and islands of Scotland which he made in the company of Samuel Johnson in 1773. Johnson's own account A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland had been published in 1775. While Johnson's book sticks to the sober description of topography and history that was expected from travel books of the time Boswell's book "has the chatty informality of a 'rough' guide: its focus is on Johnson as it describes his charged encounters with the native population whether humble cottagers or important personages like Lord Monboddo and Boswell's formidable father Lord Auchinleck" Oxford DNB. "The principal changes made in the second edition besides the correction of some printer's errors are the removal of a few errors of fact and a large number of slight verbal changes in the interest of grammar and elegance; the addition of the Contents two Appendixes and a number of notes explanatory or controversial; and the substitution pp. 165-6 of a softened account of the stay with Sir Alexander Macdonald for the too frank disclosures of the original narrative' Chapman p. xvii. As quoted in Pottle Boswell's Literary Career 59. unknown

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AN ACCOUNT OF CORSICA The Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli

176830119London: For Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1768. The First English Edition the second overall in the same year as the first which was printed in Glasgow and ia essentially identical. With fine provenance a Baskerville family copy with bookplate showing one of their crests and their motto Spero ut Fidelis "Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica" an exceptionally well detailed well pressed and attractive large folding engraved map bound at the front. With half-title which is frequently lacking title-page with engraved vignette featuring the arms of Corsica. 8vo handsomely bound in full contemporary calf the spine with double gilt ruled raised bands one compartment gilt lettered the boards framed with double-fillet gilt rules board edges hatched in blind original endleaves. xxiii 384 pp. A handsome copy well preserved in its original binding with the text in fine condition especially fresh and clean and with strong impression the leaves unpressed and the binding sturdy and tight with just a bit of minor wear or rubbing along the tips and shoulders some normal offset to a few prelims and end leaves from the original binder's work. The folding map is in a fine state of preservation unusually so. THE FIRST ENGLISH PRINTING OF BOSWELL'S FIRST SIGNIFICANT WORK ONE WHICH WOULD HELP LAUNCH HIS FAME AS ONE OF THE FINEST MEN OF LETTERS OF HIS AGE. This edition was published only months after the first edition which was an immediate success and sold out within six weeks. This edition also sold out within weeks. Boswell supported the Corsican struggle to become an independent nation and considered himself one of the island's chief sponsors. "Following the island's invasion by France in 1768 Boswell attempted to raise public awareness and rally support for the Corsicans. He sent arms and money to the Corsican fighters and made an arduous and dangerous journey to Corsica to meet General Pasquale Paoli leader of the insurgents seeking the island's independence from the Genoese. Paoli at first suspected Boswell was a spy but quickly came to like his improbable young visitor saw an opportunity for promotion of the Corsican cause in Britain and consented to a series of interviews" - Pierce The text includes Boswell's keen observations on many topics including military matters and arms commerce government and religion. It also includes many accounts of his own experiences. Boswell was rightfully very proud of this work. Within his lifetime it went through many many editions. Within just a short time of its original appearance it had been translated into Dutch Italian German and French; and sold as well abroad as it did in Britain. It was in fact a most remarkable success and the first step towards one of the most distinguished literary careers of the age. Concerning the provenance it has been claimed that the family of Baskerville can trace descent from the Emperor Charlemagne Hugh Capet King of France Kenneth King of Scotland Rodrick King of Wales and MacMorrough King of Leinster in Ireland. The Baskervilles have a truly royal ancestry and their pedigree which has been authentically deduced and duly registered in the College of Arms is a large one. Burke writes of the family as 'one of the most ancient and honorable in England. Their connection with Herefordshire began with the ancestor who came over to help William the Conqueror from Normandy. For Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry hardcover

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works etc.

179333744London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1793. 3 volumes. First Octavo Edition revised and augmented by Boswell with the corrections cancels and misprints. This copy also with the "Additions received after the Second Edition was printed" pp. i-xxii "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson LL.D" which is the first attempt at a Johnson bibliography pp. xxiii- xxxi and thirteen letters to Bennet Langton and one to the Earl of Bute. Most of this material was issued here for the first time and was not in the first edition quarto. Engraved portrait frontispiece after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Also with the folding ‘Round Robin’ plate and a folding plate of with a facsimile of Dr. Johnson's handwriting. 8vo handsomely bound to style the bindings of three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines gilt decorated and gilt lettered within compartments separated by raised bands. portrait titlexviii ixvii-xxxii xxxix Alphabetical Table of Contents xxxiii-xxxvi 603; 634; 711 pp. A fine and handsome copy well preserved the bindings in very pleasing condition with only very slight mellowing at the spine panels tight and strong with virtually no wear the text-blocks crisp clean and unpressed. IMPORTANT PRINTING OF THE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION IN HANDSOME BINDING. The first 8vo edition of what is perhaps the greatest biography ever written in the English language. The "chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson" appears in this edition for the first time. This set with the alphabetical table of contents before the text rather than at the end of volume 3 as is often the case and with the scarce leaves of corrections and additions following the contents. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic Poets--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover

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