Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Title: The Vicar of Wakefield
Description: London, John van Voorst, 1843. Leather. A nicely bound illustrated edition of one of the most popular novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was one of the most popular and widely read novels upon its publication and into the Victorian era. The novel follows the fall and rise of the Primrose family, who are presided over by the benevolent narrator, the Vicar.Illustrated with thirty-two in-text engravings.Collated, complete.Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Irish novelist who is best known for this novel, though also for his pastoral poem 'The Deserted Village', and the plays 'The Good-Natur'd Man' and 'She Stoops to Conquer&apos.  Illustrated by William Mulready.Bookplate of the bibliophile and book collector Eric Quayle to the front paste down. His collection was impressive, totalling 16,000 volumes when he died. Bookplate of Astley Terry to the front paste down. In a full morocco binding with decorative gilt. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the spine. Small cracks to the head and tail of the joints. A little rubbing and a few marks to the boards. Very minor bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Two bookplates to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with some spots only to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: William Mulready. Very Good .

Keywords: The Vicar of Wakefield eric stanley quayle oliver goldsmith wiliam mulready eric stanley quayle William Mulready


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