Accession number
PML 127174-77
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
A Amsterdam, : Aux depens de la compagnie., 1750.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Notes
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.
Signatures: v. 1: pi², *⁸, A-O⁸ [-O8, probably blank]; v. 2: pi², *², A-O⁸, P⁴ [-P4, probably blank]; v. 3: pi². *², A-L⁸, M⁶; v. 4: pi². *², A-O⁸.
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).
Signatures: v. 1: pi², *⁸, A-O⁸ [-O8, probably blank]; v. 2: pi², *², A-O⁸, P⁴ [-P4, probably blank]; v. 3: pi². *², A-L⁸, M⁶; v. 4: pi². *², A-O⁸.
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).
Description
4 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 16 cm.
Provenance
H. Bradley Martin (bookplate).
Binding
Citron morocco, gold-tooled, with dentelles.
Classification
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