Accession number
PML 151038-39
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
A Amsterdam, : Aux depens de la compagnie., 1750.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
2nd ed. (see Battestin and Bowers).
Translation by P.A. de La Place of: History of Tom Jones.
Engraved frontispiece, title-pages in red and black.
Plates illustrated by H.F. Gravelot, engraved by J. Punt.
Title-page engraved vignette with motto "VIS VNITA MAJOR."
Through this greatly compressed version, "European readers formed their impression of Fielding's power as a novelist" (Battestin and Bowers, p. liii).
Engravings by Gravelot.
v. 1: [20], 222 p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: [8], 229, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates: v. 3: [8], 187, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 4: [8], 224 p., [4] leaves of plates.
Translation by P.A. de La Place of: History of Tom Jones.
Engraved frontispiece, title-pages in red and black.
Plates illustrated by H.F. Gravelot, engraved by J. Punt.
Title-page engraved vignette with motto "VIS VNITA MAJOR."
Through this greatly compressed version, "European readers formed their impression of Fielding's power as a novelist" (Battestin and Bowers, p. liii).
Engravings by Gravelot.
v. 1: [20], 222 p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: [8], 229, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates: v. 3: [8], 187, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 4: [8], 224 p., [4] leaves of plates.
Description
2 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 16 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Half calf.
Classification
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