JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). The Works, London, 1825, 11 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. one, attractively bound in contemporary half burgundy calf gilt. (11)

JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84).  The Works ... In Nine Volumes. Oxford: William Pickering and Talboys and Wheeler, 1825. 11 volumes, 8vo (212 x 135mm). Half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author in vol. one (portrait stained, occasional light spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary half burgundy calf gilt (extremities rubbed, some scuffing to spines). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate in first vol.); William Charles Henry (armorial bookplates in the remaining vols.). Volumes X and XI, which are supplementary, contain Parliamentary Debates. (11)