MULREADY, William (1786-1863, illustrator) -- GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield, [London, Van Voorst, 1842], 32 wood-engraved proofs by John Thompson after Mulready on grey India paper, mounted (no text), 3 portraits of the illustrator, a block proof for the cloth cover of the 1855 issue, with a pencil note "Designed by Hy Shaw", a small group of related correspondence and reviews loosely-inserted [McLean, Victorian Book Design p. 217]; and 6 other manuscripts; the lot sold not subject to return.

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MULREADY, William (1786-1863, illustrator) -- GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield, [London, Van Voorst, 1842], 32 wood-engraved proofs by John Thompson after Mulready on grey India paper, mounted (no text), 3 portraits of the illustrator, a block proof for the cloth cover of the 1855 issue, with a pencil note "Designed by Hy Shaw", a small group of related correspondence and reviews loosely-inserted [McLean, Victorian Book Design p. 217]; and 6 other manuscripts; the lot sold not subject to return.

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