2-704-142 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'James's Court, Edinburgh', 1928. 'From "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson"' by Scottish diarist and author James Boswell (1740-1795). Boswell lived at James Court, (built 1723-1727), and entertained Dr Johnson here before their epic journey to the Western Isles. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland. From "The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1928". [Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London, 1928]