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Title: Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to which are added some Poems Never Before Printed. Published from the Original MSs in her Possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi Author: Piozzi, Hester Lynch Place: London Publisher: A. Strahan and T. Cadell Date: 1788 Description: 2 volumes. [2], xv, 397; xi, 424 pp. With the errata slip at rear of Volume II, without preliminary blank in Volume I. (8vo), period calf, re-backed with later calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, all edges gilt. First Edition. Samuel Johnson died in 1784. The letters cover a period from August 1765 (six months after their first meeting) to July 1784, when he expresses his grief at her marriage to Mr. Piozzi. Lot Amendments Condition: Light extremity wear, corners bumped; title pages with some library markings in ink; lightly foxed; very good. Item number: 221664