Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 130

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[FIELDING, HENRY.] The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews. xix, [1], 306, [4]; [4], 310, [2] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end of first volume and one each at beginning and end of the second. 2 volumes. 12mo, 164x96 mm, 19th-century russia gilt by Francis Bedford, rebacked retaining original backstrips, few small stains on covers; contents toned with scattered light foxing. Tipped to Volume 1 front endleaf is a later 18th-century newspaper cutting ("Prologue to the New Farce of Joseph Andrews spoken by Mr. Bensley"). London: A. Millar, 1742

Additional Details

first edition, limited to 1500 sets, of Fielding's first novel. Cross III, 305; Rothschild 844.