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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, inscribed

Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1786

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    Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, inscribed

    Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1786

    Price Realised USD 882
    Price Realised USD 882
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    SAMUEL JOHNSON – PIOZZI, Hester Lynch Thrale (1741-1821). Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. London: printed for T. Cadell, 1786.

    The fourth edition, a presentation copy. Inscribed in an unknown hand: "From the Author July 1797."

    Octavo (177 x 109mm). Frontispiece portrait of Piozzi, 2 plates, 1 p. post-script at rear. 19th-century calf gilt (joints rubbed, tips just showing). Provenance: Sylvan Lawrence Froelich (leather bookplate).
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