Boswell

1767 · 27752 — London: Printed for J. Wilkie 1767 1767. First edition. Pottle 22; NCBEL II 1211. Binding a little rubbed; some dust-soiling and scattered stains; very good copy. Uncommon. 8vo contemporary quarter calf and exposed gray boards once covered with marbled paper now gone. Half-title present. One of many books and pamphlets about the "Douglas Cause" a major cause célèbre in Scotland in the 1760s. Boswell served as a journalist and chronicler of the legal proceedings and wrote several works about the case including a short tale Dorando A Spanish Tale. According to Pottle he probably was not the only editor of these letters but his role is evident in the text. Contemporary and early ownership signatures of William Ferdinando Blencowe of Lowick Hall Cumberland and Henry Prescott Blencowe on the front blank and half-title. For a good account of the "Douglas Cause" see Wikipedia. <br/><br/> London: Printed for J. Wilkie, 1767 unknown books