1925 The Life of Samuel Johnson

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Illustrated

A new two-volume edition of this work uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front boards. Top edge gilt.

Written by Scottish biographer James Boswell (1740-1795), this biography is often described as being the greatest biography ever written in English. This is a new edition, with notes by Roger Ingpen.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755, considered the foremost dictionary of the time until the Oxford English Dictionary was published 173 years later. He was a devout Anglican and firmly opposed slavery; his religious writings emphasize the goodness of charity, repentance, marriage and pride.

Profusely illustrated with five hundred and seventy six illustrations, facsimiles and maps, including thirteen plates in photogravure. Collated, complete.