The works of Oliver Goldsmith : Illustrated. Vicar of Wakefield, select poems, and comedies. / With introductions, notes, and a life of Oliver Goldsmith; by John Francis Waller
1885, First Edition. London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. Very good copy in half calf over marbled boards, now somewhat dust-dulled and with marbling somewhat worn. Corners somewhat bumped. Panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Edges are marbled, and text block remains tight. Scattered foxing throughout. An overall well-preserved copy. Item #449865
Date is suggested. Physical description; xliv, 369 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations (wood-engravings), portrait ; 27 cm. Notes; Illustrations by various artists, including: J. Cooper, P. Justyne, J. Gilbert, Pannemaker, Pearson, H. Anelay, Linton, R.P. Leitch, T. Cobb,T. Morten, T.H. Wilson, and R.S. Marriott. Wood engravings: frontispiece portrait of Goldsmith, publisher's device on title-page, text illustrations, ornamental borders and initials. Subjects; Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774). English literature 18th century.
Price: €125.00