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A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND
by SAMUEL JOHNSON
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1775. Leather Bound. Good. 0x0x0. London: Printed for J. Pope. 12mo. Fully bound in contemporary burgundy calf-skin leather. AEG. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Blind embossed decorative flourishes across spine. Gilt lettering and inlays. Gilt page ends. Moderate shelf wear. Slight bumping to corners. Rubbing to boards. Moderate scuffing to spine. Slight cracking along upper front of spine. Marbled endpapers. Clean, unmarked pages with minimal discoloration.<br><br>An unauthorized reprint, published in the same year as the first edition. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three year-old Johnson was accompanied by his thirty-two year-old friend of many years James Boswell, who was also keeping a record of the trip, published in 1785 as A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. The two narratives are often published as a single volume from which profit can be had comparing the two perspectives of the same events, although they are very different in approach, with Johnson focused on Scotland and Boswell focused on Johnson (Boswell went on to write a famous biography of Johnson).<br><br>A tight, clean volume in need of minor repair. Please feel free to view our photographs. Ships daily.
Synopsis
"I mentioned our design to Voltaire," wrote Boswell. "He looked at me as if I had talked of going to the North Pole …" As it turned out, Johnson enjoyed their Scottish journey (although the land was not quite so wild and barbaric as perhaps he had hoped), and Boswell delighted in it. The year was 1773, they were sixty-three and thirty-two years old, and had been friends for ten years. Their journals, published together here, perfectly complement each other. Johnson's majestic prose and hawk eye for curious detail take in everything from the stone arrowheads found in the Hebrides, to the 'medicinal' waters of Loch Ness and 'the mischiefs of emigration'. Meanwhile, it is very lucky that as Johnson was observing Scotland, Boswell was observing Johnson. His record is perceptive, highly entertaining and full of sardonic wit; for him, as for us, it is an appetizer for The Life of Johnson .
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- Title
- A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND
- Author
- SAMUEL JOHNSON
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Strahan & T. Cadell
- Date Published
- 1775
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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