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Boswell In Holland 1763-1764 Including His Correspondence with Belle De Zuylen (Zelide)
by BOSWELL, JAMES
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USA: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Stated First Edition. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Jacket. The papers of Boswell, Samuel Johnson's Biographer, had long been considered lost until their discovery in the 20th century. The bulk were acquired by Yale University in 1949. This is one of the individual books published under the editorship of Frederick Pottle, then Sterling Professor of English, Yale University--The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Bound in navy quarter cloth, gilt lettered over blue-green boards, which are sunned on the upper 1.5 inches of the front and rear boards and on the fore edge. Clean and unmarked with edges rubbed, light scuffing of corners, spine edges, upper edge bumped near spine. Rough cut. Endpapers with map of Holland at the time of Boswell's visit, locating many of the places visited. Interior quite clean and completely unmarked, pages toned. Frontispiece: illustration of The Tower of the Cathedral and part of the Cathedral Square, Utrecht, 1746. 433 pages w/index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1952, McGraw-Hill Boook Co., USA
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- Title
- Boswell In Holland 1763-1764 Including His Correspondence with Belle De Zuylen (Zelide)
- Author
- BOSWELL, JAMES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Co
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL; BOSWELL, JAMES 1740-1795; AMSTERDAM; LONDON; MAZERAC; NASSAU; ROSE, AT UTRECHT; POUSSEAY; SCOTLAND; TEMPLE, WILLIAM; VOLTAIRE; YORKE, SIR CHARLES; ZUYLEN, BELLE DE; AUCHINLECK, LORD; BROWN, CATHARINE; REV. ROBERT; CHURCH OF ENGLAND; DALRY
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