8vo (207 x 126 mm). (Light spotting and mostly marginal toning heaviest at the end.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, top edge darkened, some minor chipping). Provenance: Samuel Oldnall (signature, a few annotations); Mary Russell Oldnall (signature).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (Todd’s edition A), with the 12-line errata, and with “afford'' on p.199, line 13, which has been corrected in the previous owner’s hand in this copy. Johnson's journey, though contemplated far earlier, took place in 1773 when he was sixty-four. He sent the first sheets of his account to press on 20 June 1774, and before the year ended it had been published at 5 shillings. ESTC T84319; Rothschild 1257 (with page 296 correctly numbered); Tinker 1357.