FIELDING, HENRY. The Adventures of Joseph Andrews...With Prints by T. Rowlandson. London, 1792. 8vo, contemporary tree cloth, nicely rebacked, a corner recapped. 8 handcolored engraved plates after Rowlandson and 4 extra ones after Heath. Bookplate of Edward Turner McGowan. See Ray Illustrator England, no. 32 (for mention of this title). Rare and tasty -- DODSLEY, ROBERT, editor. A Collection of Poems. In Three Volumes. By Several Hands. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1748. 3 vols., 12mo, contemporary speckled calf, not-so-nicely rebacked with original gilt-panelled spines and lettering pieces laid down, corners recapped. FIRST EDITION, each vol. with a title-page vignette by Charles Mosley of the Three Graces; with the half-titles. Rothschild 804. Bookplate in each vol. of Sir George Shuckburgh (who also had a Gutenberg Bible, later the first copy to cross the Atlantic by plane, in his collection). Together 4 vols. (4)

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FIELDING, HENRY. The Adventures of Joseph Andrews...With Prints by T. Rowlandson. London, 1792. 8vo, contemporary tree cloth, nicely rebacked, a corner recapped. 8 handcolored engraved plates after Rowlandson and 4 extra ones after Heath. Bookplate of Edward Turner McGowan. See Ray Illustrator England, no. 32 (for mention of this title). Rare and tasty -- DODSLEY, ROBERT, editor. A Collection of Poems. In Three Volumes. By Several Hands. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1748. 3 vols., 12mo, contemporary speckled calf, not-so-nicely rebacked with original gilt-panelled spines and lettering pieces laid down, corners recapped. FIRST EDITION, each vol. with a title-page vignette by Charles Mosley of the Three Graces; with the half-titles. Rothschild 804. Bookplate in each vol. of Sir George Shuckburgh (who also had a Gutenberg Bible, later the first copy to cross the Atlantic by plane, in his collection). Together 4 vols. (4)

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