The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [. . .] The Eighth Edition, Revised and Augmented [4 volumes]

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816. Octavo (22cm) in four volumes. In contemporary brown calf, with blind roll and double gilt frame to boards; gilt tooling to board edges, rebacked in brown leather, titled in gilt on spines, all edges marbled; brown endpapers; vol I: [ii], [i]-[xxxviii], [1]-481pp; vol II: [ii], [1] 496pp; vol III: [ii], [1]-483pp; vol IV: [ii], [1]-530pp; with frontispiece portrait by W. T. Fry and folding plate with handwriting facsimiles in vol. I, and folding plate with "Round Robin" facsimile in vol. II. Vols II-IV with ownership inscriptions of "J. + M. Beatty 1869" and "W. E. Hall / Bridge of Allan." Clean, upright copies in sturdy bindings, board edges rubbed, damage to vol. I f.f.e.p. where bookplate was removed, and one-cm tear to "Round Robin" plate at hinge: Good. POTTLE 88.