Seen at John Windle's Sep-22-2005
Johnson, Samuel.
Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. A New Edition with Engravings.
London: printed for E. and S. Harding, Pall Mall, by M. Ritchie, 1796. Small 8vo, 236 pp. With a frontispiece and 3 plates. Early calf, backstrip repaired at foot. Collector’s stamp “TC” in a circle at foot of title. Binding worn, internally very good.
First edition with J. Stothard’s illustrations, a scarce printing of Johnson’s only novel, which proved hugely popular and has gone through well over 500 editions and translations. Possibly a large-paper copy, with very wide margins. [A collector he contacted has copy with much smaller margins] OCLC locates 14 copies; no copy listed online (9⁄05) and no copy at auction.
Price: USD 375.00
Copy examined Sep-22-2005, John Windle, San Francisco.
8vo gathered in 6s.
Signing a bit irregular (due to short chapters)
4 plates (includes frontis.)
(Some offset from plates