8vo., red morocco, lettered vertically, with the staff of Hermes in the center of the spine, the figure of Britannia on the upper cover and the Cap of Liberty on the Lower cover, marbled end-papers and edges. Occasional foxing and some darkening of the spine; there is A SMOKE IMPRESSION OF THE EMBLEM OF LIBERTY on the blank recto facing the publisher's ads. Bound by John Matthewman for Thomas Hollis, notwithstanding the manuscript note tipped onto the front pastedown, cribbed from the DNB and some late edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson. In a fine quarter morocco clamshell case.According to Rothschild (quoting a note by Thomas Hollis from the sale catalogue of his Library), "This edition was printed at my request, and under my general direction. The Preface which stands first in it was canceled, and both Prefaces were Latinised by the ingenious Mr. Bowyer." The tools are the second version re-cut by Pingo. Hollis is said to have purchased one hundred copies of this book for presentation. An altogether unsophisticated example of a Hollis binding, with an added smoke proof of an important tool.See: Rothschild Nos. 2731 and 2732. Maggs Bros Cat. 1075 (an almost identical binding, on the same book, but with the figure of the seated owl on the lower cover). See also: Edward Bayntun-Coward. Catalogue III. No. 51.