The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: a tale
by Johnson, Samuel
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- Hardcover
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- Good /No Jacket
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was the leading literary scholar and critic of his time. A writer of vigor, power, passion, and profundity, he helped to shape and define the Augustan Age.
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- Acanthophyllum Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1752
- Title
- The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: a tale
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Full leather binding, gilt title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Small paper "Cabinet Library" edition, first published 1818
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chiswick, from the Press of C. Whittingham
- Date Published
- 1822
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