The vicar of Wakefield

by Oliver Goldsmith

$950 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: John Van Voorst, 1843. 4to. xv, i , 306 pp., including half-title. With 32 text engravings. Full red morocco, boards gilt-ruled, gilt edges and dentelles, with white and gold patterned end-papers; an exquisite copy from the library of James Anderson Rose see below with his armorial bookplate. Item #12203 The first edition to appear with the engravings by Mulready. “Embellishments of English books have

• Binding: Leather

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