FIELDING, Henry. Miscellanies . London: Printed for the Author and sold by A. Millar, 1743.
FIELDING, Henry. Miscellanies . London: Printed for the Author and sold by A. Millar, 1743. 3 volumes, 8° (227 x 140 mm). (Last few leaves in vol. I with pale marginal dampstain and tiny wormtrack, some worming in foremargin through second half of vol. III, some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, covers with double gilt-fillet border, spines in seven compartments with six raised bands, morocco lettering-piece in one (some drying and wear at extremities). Provenance : William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798), elected Member of Parliament from Stafford from 1754 to 1780 (arms on binding). FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER ISSUE . Of the 427 subscribers listed, 214 were listed under Royal sets, and 342 in octavo. This collects various works by Fielding, including poetry, prose, prose essays, a translation, plays and two important works of prose fiction. Journey from this World to the Next (vol. 2) and The History of the Life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (vol. 3) are published here for the first time. This was his rare experiment in the darker ironic manner of Swift. The work is valuable complete because the three volumes are rarely found together. Cross III, pp.308-09; Rothschild 845.
FIELDING, Henry. Miscellanies . London: Printed for the Author and sold by A. Millar, 1743.
FIELDING, Henry. Miscellanies . London: Printed for the Author and sold by A. Millar, 1743. 3 volumes, 8° (227 x 140 mm). (Last few leaves in vol. I with pale marginal dampstain and tiny wormtrack, some worming in foremargin through second half of vol. III, some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, covers with double gilt-fillet border, spines in seven compartments with six raised bands, morocco lettering-piece in one (some drying and wear at extremities). Provenance : William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798), elected Member of Parliament from Stafford from 1754 to 1780 (arms on binding). FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER ISSUE . Of the 427 subscribers listed, 214 were listed under Royal sets, and 342 in octavo. This collects various works by Fielding, including poetry, prose, prose essays, a translation, plays and two important works of prose fiction. Journey from this World to the Next (vol. 2) and The History of the Life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (vol. 3) are published here for the first time. This was his rare experiment in the darker ironic manner of Swift. The work is valuable complete because the three volumes are rarely found together. Cross III, pp.308-09; Rothschild 845.
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