BOSWELL, JAMES The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.2 vols. 4to, full polished calf gilt, rebacked retaining original spine. First edition, first issue, with "gve" on p. 135, volume one. Complete with an engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Reynolds in vol. I and two engraved facsimiles in vol. II. Additionally illustrated with an 1822 engraved portrait as a frontis in Vol. II. Previous owner: George Dempster of Skibo (1732-1818), with his engraved bookplate on the front pastedowns, and with his name crossed out on both title pages; Duplicate from Yale University, with their stamp "YALE Withdrawn" on the back of the title page.