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The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In four volumes / by Henry Fielding.

Accession number
PML 127170-73
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
London : Printed for A. Millar ..., 1749.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Notes
"Man-of-the-Hill's" narrative (book 8, chap. 13-15) set from copy of 1st ed. with original O signature which had been canceled before publication and is not otherwise located (see Ximenes catalogue).
3rd ed. (published April 11 or 12, see Battestin and Bowers).
Errors in pagination: v. 1, 202, 203 for 302, 303.
Four-leaf clovers pressed into v. 1, p. 59 ("Lottery of Time" section).
Partially printed by William Strahan.
Signatures: v. 1. A⁶, a⁴, B-N¹², O⁸; v. 2. pi⁴, B-O¹², P⁸, Q¹; v. 3. A⁴, chi¹, B-N¹²; v. 4. A⁶, B-P¹², Q⁶.
Description
4 v. (xx, 304; viii, 330; x, 288; xii, 347 [1] p.) ; 17 cm
Binding
Speckled calf, gold-tooled.
Classification
Department