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[FIELDING, Henry]. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1742.
2 volumes, 12° (1161 x 95 mm). With two leaves of publisher's advertisements at the end of vol. I, and one each at beginning and end of vol. II. Contemporary calf gilt, covers with double-fillet borders, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, morocco lettering piece in one (some chipping at extremities). Provenance: Rainald Knightly (1819-1895), 1st Baron Knightly, British Conservative party politician (Fawsley bookplate); William Marchbank (bookplate).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Fielding continues his novelistic critique of Richardson’s Pamela in this alternative conception of the art of fiction. He calls it in his preface the “comic Epic-Poem in Prose”. It may fairly be called the first comedic novel in English. Cross III, p. 305; Rothschild 844.
2 volumes, 12° (1161 x 95 mm). With two leaves of publisher's advertisements at the end of vol. I, and one each at beginning and end of vol. II. Contemporary calf gilt, covers with double-fillet borders, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, morocco lettering piece in one (some chipping at extremities). Provenance: Rainald Knightly (1819-1895), 1st Baron Knightly, British Conservative party politician (Fawsley bookplate); William Marchbank (bookplate).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Fielding continues his novelistic critique of Richardson’s Pamela in this alternative conception of the art of fiction. He calls it in his preface the “comic Epic-Poem in Prose”. It may fairly be called the first comedic novel in English. Cross III, p. 305; Rothschild 844.