The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Vol. I

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Vol. I

By James Prior

London

John Murray

J. L. Cox and Sons, 75 Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields

1837

4 volumes

Vol. I

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1837

English

Not stated

[4], 560 pages, [1] engraved frontispiece

Engraved frontispiece “Lissoy”; typographic vignettes

8vo

Approximately 22 cm

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Industrial laid paper from the first half of the nineteenth century with oxidation and moderate foxing

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Good quality English typographic printing; sharp and well-preserved text

Half leather binding with corners

Light brown and black marbled

Spine with red and gilt labels; raised bands; gilt fillets and rolls; marbled boards

Light brown leather spine with double red and gilt label; gilt decoration in compartments

First volume of the miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, including essays, journalistic articles, literary pieces and texts originally published in “The Bee”; critical edition compiled and annotated by James Prior

Includes literary, moral, historical and journalistic texts

Eighteenth-century English literature; literary journalism; English essays; Georgian literature

Engraved frontispiece depicting “Lissoy”

Edition in four volumes

Includes original engraved frontispiece

Decorative nineteenth-century English binding

Moderate foxing and oxidation typical of English paper of the period

Preserves old commercial label of the Barcelona bookshop “El Coleccionista”

Eighteenth-century English literature

English essays; literary journalism; moral criticism; Georgian literature; literary collections

1775

Generally good condition; foxing and moderate oxidation on first and final leaves; solid binding with superficial wear to leather

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis

Old handwritten label with acquisition price of 100 pesetas

Copy corresponding only to volume I