The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Vol. II
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1776
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774
Title
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Vol. II
Statement of responsibility
By James Prior
Place of publication
London
Publisher
John Murray
Printer
J. L. Cox and Sons, 75 Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields
Date
1837
Number of volumes
4 volumes
Volume described
Vol. II
Imprint (isbd)
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1837
Language
English
Tirage
Not stated
Collation
[4], 551 pages, [1] engraved frontispiece
Illustrations
Engraved frontispiece “Edgeworthstown”; typographic vignettes
Format
8vo
Dimensions
Approximately 22 cm
Typographic signatures
Not completely visible in the supplied images
Paper type
Industrial laid paper from the first half of the nineteenth century with moderate foxing and oxidation
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Good quality English typographic printing; text well preserved and legible
Binding type
Half leather binding with corners
Colours
Light brown and black marbled
Decoration
Spine with red and gilt labels; raised bands; gilt fillets and rolls; marbled boards; decorated endpapers printed in blue
Spine
Light brown leather spine with double red and gilt label; gilt decoration in compartments
Content description
Second volume of the miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith; mainly containing “Letters from a Citizen of the World to his Friend in the East”, literary essays and texts of moral, social and philosophical reflection
Chapters
Includes epistolary, essayistic, moral, social and philosophical texts
Subject matter
Eighteenth-century English literature; moral literature; literary journalism; social criticism; fictional correspondence
Notable illustrations
Engraved frontispiece depicting “Edgeworthstown in the County of Longford”
Note 1
Edition in four volumes
Note 2
Includes original engraved frontispiece
Note 3
Literary and journalistic collection prepared by James Prior
Note 4
Decorative nineteenth-century English binding
Note 5
Decorated typographic endpaper with repeated blue design
Main subject
Eighteenth-century English literature
Subsubjects
English essays; moral literature; literary journalism; social criticism; fictional correspondence
Shelfmark
1776
Condition
Good overall condition; moderate foxing and oxidation; solid binding with slight wear and rubbing to leather
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Copy corresponding to volume II of the complete edition in four volumes