A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND

SAMUEL JOHNSON

Verlag: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1775

Beschreibung

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.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).A tight, clean volume in need of minor repair. Please feel free to view our photographs. Ships daily. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1110240001

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND

Verlag: W. Strahan & T. Cadell

Erscheinungsdatum: 1775

Einband: Leather Bound

Zustand: Good