Boswell's life of Johnson including their tour to the hebrides edited by the right honourable John Wilson croker, ll.d. f.r.s.
a new edition, thoroughly revised, with much additional matter.
with portraits.
published in 1860 by John Murray, albermarle street, London.
This is an edited version of James Boswell's famous biography,
The Life of Samuel Johnson, which includes an account of their 1773 tour of the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides. Edited by John Wilson Croker, this edition is known for its extensive annotations and additions, making it a significant version of the original 1791 text. It is a biography of the renowned English writer Samuel Johnson, based heavily on Boswell's personal journals and recollections of their conversations.
the book is bound in tan calf leather, it has five raised bands across spine with gilt titles and decoration, some scuffing , the book has marbled edges and marbled end papers with a gilt embossed device of a university college on the front board.the front board is loose and the first marbled paper and the frontispiece are detached.
170mm x 238mm
