JOHNSON'S TABLE-TALK: CONTAINING APHORISMS ON LITERATURE, LIFE, AND MANNERS; WITH ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS: SELECTED AND ARRANGED FROM MR. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
by JOHNSON, Samuel, 1709-1784 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : for C. Dilly, 1798. First edition. "No, Sir; we had talk enough, but no conversation ..." - the essential Johnson distilled (with Boswell's entire approbation). Johnson on conversation, wine, marriage, children, education, conduct, manners, London, trade, travelling, life, death, religion, politics, and much else. Demy 8vo (213 x 130mm). [iv],446,[ii]pp. Bound in a smart modern sprinkled calf, richly gilt in period style; marbled endpapers; some spotting, mainly to outer leaves; a few minor marks, but a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39907
- Title
- JOHNSON'S TABLE-TALK: CONTAINING APHORISMS ON LITERATURE, LIFE, AND MANNERS; WITH ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS: SELECTED AND ARRANGED FROM MR. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
- Author
- JOHNSON, Samuel, 1709-1784 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : for C. Dilly, 1798.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Aphorisms, Fine Bindings
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