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Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. LlD. The
00903Bloomfield Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club 1974. Sam and Jim's Classic Schlep Through Scotland<br/><br/>BOSWELL James. JOHNSON Samuel. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. LlD. With Marginal Comments and Markings from a Copy Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Illustrated with Reproductions of Contemporary Prints by Thomas Rowlandson. Bloomfield Connecticut: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Sign of the Stone Book 1974. <br/><br/>Limited to 2000 numbered copies this being copy no. 1403. Octavo 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 247 x 160 mm. xxi 1 blank 1 1 blank 327 1 blank 1 colophon 1 blank pp. Ten double page color illustrations repoduced from the original engravings made by Thomas Rowlandson for his two-volume portfolio entitled The Picturesque Beauties of Boswell published in 1786.<br/><br/>Half crimson morocco over marbled boards. Four raised bands. Gilt lettering compartments. Top edge gilt. Maps as endpapers. Publisher's slipcase. Very fine.<br/><br/>This edition of The Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides follows the text of the third edition published in 1786 and reproduces notes made by Hester Thrale Piozzi in the margins of her copy of the second edition. <br/><br/>Eight of the illustrations are reproduced from extremely rare prints that had been colored for Rowlandson's original portfolios. As no colored versions of the other two plates could be located monochrome impressions of them have been colored for this edition to match the rest of the set. Bloomfield, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1974 unknown books
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