A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
by Johnson, Samuel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, board edges gilt. Some wear to joints and extremities, a few mostly margin
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New York, New York, United States
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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
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 308078
- Title
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- [ii], 384, [2, errata on recto] pp. Errata leaf, D8 and U4 are cancels (U4 in corrected state numbered 296). 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, board edges gilt. Some wear to joints and extremities, a few mostly margin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue, with 12-line errata and with "afford
- Publisher
- W. Strahan and T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1775
- Keywords
- British | Scottish | Samuel Johnson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; History, Travel & Geography;
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