BOSWELL IN HOLLAND 1763-1764. Including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide). Edited by Frederick A. Pottle Sterling Professor of English Yale University. (The Yale editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell).

Published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1952

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FIRST TRADE EDITION. 8vo. 9.5 X 6.5 inches. xix + [iii] + 428 pp. Bound in original navy cloth, gilt, with gilt block of the seal on front board, in pictorial dust wrapper, which has damp stains on rear wrapper; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 5 plates, including frontispiece. Map endpapers Decorated by vignette of Boswell seal on title page. Boswell travelled to Holland in order to study law at Utrecht as was common for aspiring Scots lawyers as both systems partly depended on Roman law. A handsome illustrated limited edition with introduction, notes, appendices and a full analytical index. It includes some hundred pages of correspondence, including with Belle de Zuylen, to whom he was romantically attached, and to her father, with further letters, some in French, in the appendices. ART / LITERATURE DIARIES LIT. NON-FICTION DIARIES DUTCH 18TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ART / LITERATURE.

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Title
BOSWELL IN HOLLAND 1763-1764. Including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide). Edited by Frederick A. Pottle Sterling Professor of English Yale University. (The Yale editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell).
Author
BOSWELL, JAMES.
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd., London
Publication year
1952

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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.…

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