SAMUEL JOHNSON – PIOZZI, Hester Lynch Thrale (1741-1821). Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson , LL.D. London: A. Strahan and T.Cadell, 1788.

First edition, a gift from the author. Inscribed on the second free endpaper in an unknown hand: “Mrs Lambart given her by her friend the Author in two vols.” Rothschild 1270.

Two volumes, octavo (200 x 124mm). (Stain to inner margin of title page, minor soiling in a few places.) Contemporary calf (rebacked with corners renewed). Provenance: Mrs Lambart (inscription).

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