Travel & Geography / Adventure Exploration & Travel / Johnson and Boswell , Journals of The Western Isles by Samuel Johnson. James Boswell. Peter Levi Samuel Johnson. James Boswell. Peter Levi Folio Society 1990: decorative dark green cloth hardcover: approximately 6.25 x 10 inches tall: printed with engraving of  Arros Castle, Isle of Mull: gilt lettering on dark brown title label to upper spine: dark brown slip case and endpapers: 414 pages  including notes, black and white maps, 24 lithograft aquatint illustrations by William Daniell, plus 32 page introduction.  Synopsis: Two remarkable accounts of their  journey to Scotland in 1773 ( the year the first emigration ship left Fort William with 425 highlanders) written  by Samuel Johnson (aged 63) and James Boswell (aged 32). Edited , introduced, and with added notes by Peter Levi, based on the text of the second impression of Johnson's "Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland " first published in 1775, and the third impression of Boswells "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson L.L.D."  first published in 1786 , these  accounts describe pony -back travel  through an empty and beautiful landscape, where  forests were felled for shipbuilding, charcoal and  furnaces, the clan system was in decay, the whisky industry illegal, and the country subjugated by a line of controlling forts.  The description of places visited, people encounted, inns and lodging houses enjoyed or endured, countryside traversed, and political and social influences analysed, are  recorded in detail ;and a revealing picture of his companion painted  by both writers.  Condition: slip case, cover and contents very clean and good overall/not far from new. used books
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  • Book Title: Johnson and Boswell , Journals of The Western Isles
  • Author: Samuel Johnson. James Boswell. Peter Levi
  • ISBN: MW00152911
  • Publisher: Folio Society
  • Year Published: 1990
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