Accession number
PML 130029-34
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
London : Printed for A. Millar ..., 1749.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st ed. (published first week of February).
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.
Cancels: v. 1, B9-10; v. 2, B4-5, N12; v. 3, H8-10, M3, Q11; v. 4, B1; v. 5, N8.
Errata list: v. 1, leaf c8.
Pagination: lxii, [2], 214; [2], 324; [2], 370; [2], 312, [2], 294; [2], 304.
Errors in paging: v. 3. p. 76, 104, 114 incorrectly numbered 67, 103, 144 respectively; v. 4. p. 222 incorrectly numbered 225; v. 5. p. 80, 262 incorrectly numbered 96, 260 respectively.
"From the Author" on flyleaf, v. 1.
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.
Cancels: v. 1, B9-10; v. 2, B4-5, N12; v. 3, H8-10, M3, Q11; v. 4, B1; v. 5, N8.
Errata list: v. 1, leaf c8.
Pagination: lxii, [2], 214; [2], 324; [2], 370; [2], 312, [2], 294; [2], 304.
Errors in paging: v. 3. p. 76, 104, 114 incorrectly numbered 67, 103, 144 respectively; v. 4. p. 222 incorrectly numbered 225; v. 5. p. 80, 262 incorrectly numbered 96, 260 respectively.
"From the Author" on flyleaf, v. 1.
Description
6 v. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Provenance
Cockinge (bookplate, motto "astra castra numen lumen"); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Tree calf, gold-tooled, with dentelles.
Classification
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