G. Birkbeck Hill

FOOTSTEPS OF DR JOHNSON (Scotland) 

SIGNED De Luxe Edition with SIGNED Engravings by Lancelot Speed

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1890
Deluxe edition of 160 NUMBERED COPIES (this no. 3) SIGNED by the author
Large 4to format (24.5 x 33cm)
xviii, 318 printed pages
Illustrated by Lancelot Speed with full set of his 18 handsome illustrations provided in 2 states - the first high-quality state all signed in pencil
Frontispiece & 22 bw plates (in total 40 plates including the 18 signed by Speed), folding facsimile letter and folding coloured map.
Wraps soiled, some tears and creasing to spine
Paper spine separated from text block
Stitching partially split so text block in four parts, needs to be re-sewn
Some faint watermarks but mostly not affecting plates
Overall a complete VG- copy of an attractive title