1775 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Rebound

The first edition, second issue, with six line errata. With the verso of leaf U4 correctly paginated.

Some refer to this second issue as a second edition, as the text was significantly reset.

Samuel Johnson's vivid account of his 1773 expedition to Scotland with his friend James Boswell, an important early travel work.

Boswell encouraged Johnson on this tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland, setting out from Edinburgh in 1773. They travelled for 83 days from the late summer to autumn, and saw the wildness of the Highlands.

Boswell and Johnson met in 1763 when Johnson was fifty-four, and they became fast friends. Their friendship resulted in the influential biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson'. Boswell later published his own account of this trip in 1785.

Rebound, with endpapers renewed. Bound without the half title.

ESTC T83702

With crossed out contemporary ink inscriptions to the title page.