Boswell, James

8vo (204 x 125mm.), first edition, folding map of Corsica with imprint bound preceding A1, half-title, with the following variants (which may be found in any combination): E2 and Z3 cancels, "Mariani" p.357 spelled correctly, the last word of line 11, p.67 is "of," the last words of line 6, p.93 are "prince of" and of line 18, p.296 "of my own," contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco lettering-piece, modern chemise and morocco-backed folding box, small tear to map, some offsetting and browning, upper cover slightly rubbed

Cholmondeley Library, bookplate.

ESTC T26157; Rothschild 442

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First edition of the author's first important work. "With its reports of the gallant islanders and a Plutarchan depiction of Paoli paralleled with several classical heroes, it was an immediate success. The work was widely read and translated, stimulated great interest in Paoli and the Corsican cause, brought its author wide fame in Britain and Europe, and found an interested readership among the Americans. It attracted the notice of the French government (which had a translation made), and though Boswell's ambition for British intervention was not to be fulfilled, he probably influenced Britain's decision to send secret supplies of arms to the Corsicans" (Gordon Turnbull, Oxford DNB)