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[GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1728-1774)]. The Vicar of Wakefield. A tale Supposed to be written by Himself. Salisbury: B.Collins for F.Newbery, 1766.
2 volumes, 12 (169 x 98mm). (Lacks final blank K12 in vol.I, occasional light spotting in vol.I.) Late 19th-century red morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, covers with single fillet border, shaped cornerpieces containing flower tools and pointill work, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with repeat overall decoration of masssed small flower tools gathered around a central flower-head tool, surrounded with pointill work, wide gilt turn-ins, g.e., red morocco slipcase.
A fine copy of the first edition of Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield in a fine binding here in Rothschild's variant (3). Rothschild I.1028. (2)
2 volumes, 12 (169 x 98mm). (Lacks final blank K12 in vol.I, occasional light spotting in vol.I.) Late 19th-century red morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, covers with single fillet border, shaped cornerpieces containing flower tools and pointill work, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with repeat overall decoration of masssed small flower tools gathered around a central flower-head tool, surrounded with pointill work, wide gilt turn-ins, g.e., red morocco slipcase.
A fine copy of the first edition of Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield in a fine binding here in Rothschild's variant (3). Rothschild I.1028. (2)