Rasselas; a tale.Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas [by Cornelia Knight]

Johnson, [Samuel]

Edité par Walker and Edwards, London, 1817

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24mo, pp. [2], 266; engraved frontispiece and additional title page; contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt spine; edges and boards rubbed, lacking N2 advertisement leaf; ownership signature on front free endpaper verso dated 1834; texblock fine. Apparently, this is the first time Johnson's text was married to that of Cornelia Knight's in the UK. Suprisingly, the honor of primacy goes to the Greenfield, Mass. edition of 1795. There was also a Brattleboro, VT edition of 1813 which did the same. Fleeman 59.4R/83.

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• Titre: Rasselas; a tale.Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas [by Cornelia Knight]
• Éditeur: Walker and Edwards, London
• Date de parution: 1817
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