1785 1st edition prayers & meditations by samuel johnson samuel + manuscript pages

PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS

COMPOSED BY. SAMUEL JOHNSONAND PUBLISHED FROM HIS MANUSCRIPTS BY GEORGE STRAHAN
PUBLISHED BY T. CADELL, LONDON 1785. FIRST EDITIONBOUND IN A LATER FULL LEATHER BINDING BY HATCHARDS & SON, SEVERAL HAND WRITTEN PAGES ON RELIGION CONSISTING OF THREE FULL PAGES TO FRONT OF BOOK, FURTHER HAND WRITTEN NOTES TO MARGINS OF LAST TEXT PAGE ON 227 + MARGINS TO REVERSE OF LAST TEXT PAGE & MARGIN OF PAGE 193 + A FURTHER THREE FULL PAGES TO REAR, NOTES DATE FROM THE 1830'S WITH A DATE OF 1834 TO ONE PAGE AT REAR.ALSO INCLUDES THE BOOKPLATE TO FRONT ENDPAPERS OF SAMUEL KNOW CUNNINGHAM [ IRISH POLITICIAN WITH A HOUSE OF COMMONS ENVELOPE PASTED TO REAR ENDPAPER ] & THE BOOKPLATE OF JOHN MANGLES WHO POSSIBLY WROTE THE NOTES WITH HIS NAME CIRCLED TO FRONT PAGES [SEE IMAGE] BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 5 INCHES WITH 16 + 227 PAGESSOME MINOR SPLITS TO LEATHER AT OUTER FRONT HINGE [ BOARDS ARE FIRMLY ATTACHED ] FEW MINOR SCRAPES OR RUBBING TO LEATHER COVER, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL MINOR MARKS, LIGHT FOXING OR CREASE TO PAGES, HEAVY FOXING BETWEEN PAGES 174-195OVERALL THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE CONDITIONAN UNCOMMON JOHNSON FIRST EDITION IN A FULL LEATHER BINDINGFREE OF CHARGE TRACKED POST WITHIN THE UKOVERSEAS BUYERS - PLEASE CONTACT US FOR POSTAGE COSTS.

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