The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Vol. IV
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1778
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774
Title
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Vol. IV
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. IV
Imprint (isbd)
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1837
Language
English
Tirage
Not stated
Collation
[4], 510 pages, [1] engraved frontispiece
Illustrations
Engraved frontispiece “Lissoy Mill”; typographic vignettes and ornamental composition
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
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Sharp and homogeneous English typographic printing; complete and legible text
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
Fourth volume of the miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith; containing poems, miscellaneous pieces, essays and editorial addenda
Chapters
Includes “The Traveller”; “The Hermit”; “The Deserted Village”; “The Haunch of Venison”; “Retaliation”; critical and literary pieces
Subject matter
Eighteenth-century English literature; English poetry; literary essay; literary criticism; moral literature
Notable illustrations
Engraved frontispiece “Lissoy Mill”
Note 1
Edition in four volumes
Note 2
Literary compilation and edition by James Prior
Note 3
Includes original engraved frontispiece
Note 4
Blue decorated typographic endpaper in English style
Note 5
Volume with editorial addenda and final corrections
Main subject
Eighteenth-century English literature
Subsubjects
English poetry; literary essay; literary criticism; moral literature; early Romanticism
Shelfmark
1778
Condition
Good overall condition; moderate foxing; firm binding with slight wear to leather and small rubbings
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Copy corresponding to volume IV of the complete edition in four volumes