Four antique volumes in full leather bindings - "The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D." by James Boswell, Esq. 1807. Provenance - Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Middleton Park Measure 8 5/8" x 5 1/2". Wear consistent with age and use - expected foxing - cover of volume 1 detached. "Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he published. The fifth edition, revised and augmented in four volumes. London; Printed for T. Cadell and W Davies in the Strand. 1807."