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GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1728-1774). The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale Supposed to be Written by Him. Chiswick: The Caradoc Press, 1903.
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GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1728-1774). The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale Supposed to be Written by Him. Chiswick: The Caradoc Press, 1903.
8o (211 x 140 mm). Portrait frontispiece, text printed in red and black, decorative double-page text opening, decorative initials to each chapter. Later navy morocco gilt extra, the front cover with an inlaid Cosway-style miniature portrait of Goldsmith, floral corner tooling in gilt, spine gilt-lettered and decorated, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, by Bayntun; cloth folding case.
LIMITED EDITION, number 61 of 360 copies on paper of a total edition of 374. Tomkinson Select Bibliography of Modern Presses, p. 26.
8o (211 x 140 mm). Portrait frontispiece, text printed in red and black, decorative double-page text opening, decorative initials to each chapter. Later navy morocco gilt extra, the front cover with an inlaid Cosway-style miniature portrait of Goldsmith, floral corner tooling in gilt, spine gilt-lettered and decorated, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, by Bayntun; cloth folding case.
LIMITED EDITION, number 61 of 360 copies on paper of a total edition of 374. Tomkinson Select Bibliography of Modern Presses, p. 26.