Oct 12, 2023 - Sale 2648

Sale 2648 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749.

First edition, first issue, six 12mo volumes; bound in uniform contemporary calf, somewhat worn, bindings rubbed; ex libris William Wrightson (1752-1827) of Cusworth in Yorkshire, with engraved armorial bookplates in the first two volumes, Wrightson's signature in others; first volume lacking ffep; 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (6)

ESTC T1947; Grolier English 48; Rothschild 850.

Ex libris Christopher Clark Geest (1936-2023)