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Henry Fielding, 1749
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Tom Jones
Henry Fielding, 1749
FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749.
First edition of Fielding's comic masterpiece. Dismissed by a contemporary reviewer as “a motley history of bastardism, fornication, and adultery”, it is now widely regarded as one of the most influential novels in the language. It was so eagerly received by its first readers that four editions totalling 10,000 copies were called for in less than a year. Although Fielding in Tom Jones “vividly evokes a particular time and place, his true subject, he declares in the opening chapter, is nothing less than ‘HUMAN NATURE’; and his story, to borrow the compliment he paid Cervantes, is ‘the History of the World in general.’” See Battestin, Fielding Companion, p. 195. Cross III, p. 316; Grolier English 48; Rothschild 850.
Six volumes, 12mo (166 x 94 mm). All cancel leaves present, those in vol. 3 bound out of order (in vol. 1, a short tear affecting page number on 159/160, small hole affecting one word on p. 195). Contemporary sprinkled calf (light wear to spines and joints).
Henry Fielding, 1749
FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749.
First edition of Fielding's comic masterpiece. Dismissed by a contemporary reviewer as “a motley history of bastardism, fornication, and adultery”, it is now widely regarded as one of the most influential novels in the language. It was so eagerly received by its first readers that four editions totalling 10,000 copies were called for in less than a year. Although Fielding in Tom Jones “vividly evokes a particular time and place, his true subject, he declares in the opening chapter, is nothing less than ‘HUMAN NATURE’; and his story, to borrow the compliment he paid Cervantes, is ‘the History of the World in general.’” See Battestin, Fielding Companion, p. 195. Cross III, p. 316; Grolier English 48; Rothschild 850.
Six volumes, 12mo (166 x 94 mm). All cancel leaves present, those in vol. 3 bound out of order (in vol. 1, a short tear affecting page number on 159/160, small hole affecting one word on p. 195). Contemporary sprinkled calf (light wear to spines and joints).
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