Johnson, Boswell, and their circle : essays presented to Lawrence Fitzroy Powell, in honour of his eighty-fourth birthday
1965. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #444039
Physical description: xii, 338 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm. Contents: Edmond Malone and Dr. Johnston / James M. Osborn -- Johnson and Dr. Burney / Roger Lonsdale -- 'A clergyman' : II / Herman W. Liebert -- Johnson on wealth and commerce / John H. Mittendorf -- Johnson and the countryside / R.W. Ketton-Cremer -- Johnson and the enlightenment / Robert Shackleton -- Johnson, Walpole, and public order / E.L. McAdam, Jr. -- Some problems of Johnson's obscure middle years / James L. Clifford -- Rasselas, an 'uninstructive tale' / Frederick W. Hilles -- Johnson and Raphael's counsel to Adam / John Hardy -- 'Pictures to the mind' : Johnson and imagery / Donald J. Greene -- Johnson's Italian tour / E.S. De Beer -- Dr. Johnson and Henry Thrale, M.P. / J.D. Fleeman -- Johnson's American acquaintances / Maurice J. Quinlan -- Samuel Johnson 'On the banks of the Neva' : a note on a picture by Reynolds in the Hermitage / J.S.G. Simmons -- Notions and facts : Johnson and Boswell on their travels / Mary Lascelles -- Boswell's university education / Frederick A. Pottle -- Boswell and the Advocates" Library / Thomas I. Rae and William Beattie -- Two biographers : Lockhart and Boswell / Ian Jack -- 'Not in Chapman' / Mary Hyde -- A list of the published writings of Lawrence Fitzroy Powell / J.D Fleeman and J.P. Hardy. Subjects: Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784. Boswell, James 1740-1795. English literature 18th century History and criticism.
Price: €18.95