[Copy on large and heavy paper] Rasselas, by Samuel Johnson

With engravings, by A. Raimbach, from pictures by R. Smirke. London, W. Miller, 1805 (printed by J. Ballantyne, Edinburgh), (4),III,(1),197 p., with engraved illustration and 4 plates, contemporary calf, large 4to.

Bookblock partly with water stain in lower corner near spine, particularly near the end; here and there foxed. Spine and outer corners of boards renewed using the original backstrip. With extensive dedication by J.W. Strong (dated 1909) to "herrn Regierungs-Rat Walther Mertzel" and annotation on the half title.