Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
by Johnson, Samuel
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1775. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. FIRST EDITION. (4), 384, (2) Contemporary full calf, covers detached, sewing broken, end papers soiled & chipped, foxing but no soiling or damage to text pages. Courtney & Smith p.122; Chapman & Hazen p.151.ESTC T84319. The12-LINE ERRATA page is inserted between the title page & the text as is in a copy in Courtney & Smith. U4 is a cancel; verso of U4 marked 226; 9 of the 11 errata have not been corrected.
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20071
- Title
- Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1775
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- LITERATURE,. TRAVELS. SCOTLAND.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; First editions; Travel;
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