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The history of Tom Jones, a foundling : in six volumes / by Henry Fielding.

Accession number
PML 127231-32
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
London : Printed for A. Millar ..., 1749.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Notes
2nd ed. (published last week of February), completely reset even though pagination and collation remain the same (see Cross).
Lacking "vidit" in Latin motto, v. 5 title (indicates 2nd ed.)
Lacking v. 2-4, and 6; lacking final leaf in each volume.
Library's copy lacking v. 2-4, and 6.
Partially uncut; mixed set.
Partly printed by William Strahan (see Battestin and Bowers).
Signatures: v. 1. A¹², b¹², c⁸, B-K¹² [-K12 blank]; v. 2. 1 leaf unsigned, B-O¹², P⁶; v. 3. 1 leaf unsigned, B⁶, C-R¹² [R12 blank]; v. 4. 1 leaf unsigned, B-O¹²; v. 5. 1 leaf unsigned, B-N¹², O⁴ [-O4 blank]; v. 6. 1 leaf unsigned, B⁸ [B5 unsigned], C-O¹².
Description
6 v. (lxiii, [1], 214; [2], 324; [2], 370; [2], 312; [2], 294; [2], 304 p.) ; 18 cm
Classification
Department