The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale
JOHNSON], [Samuel
The Eighth Edition.
REMARKABLY CRISP, CLEAN COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF
Published: J.F. and C. Rivington Dodsley [and several others], 1790
Stock code: 41443
Price: £186.00
12mo., Eighth Edition, on laid paper, neat contemporary inscription front paste-down and blank preliminary recto; contemporary full calf, back with six flat bands in gilt, second compartment with dark green leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, joints lightly rubbed (but binding entirely sound), a crisp, clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding.
Fleeman states that 1500 copies were printed by Strahan; ESTC notes that this is not merely a reissue of the seventh edition. Courtney p.88; ESTC T139515; Fleeman 59.4R/17.