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Oliver Goldsmith - The Vicar of Wakefield

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield
Description: London, John Van Voorst, 1855. Cloth. A lovely bound copy of this popular novel from Oliver Goldsmith, with illustrations. Illustrated with thirty-two images. Collated complete. A novel widely read by Victorians, following Vicar Charles Primrose, who lives in an idyllic country parish with his family. On the evening of his son's wedding to wealthy Arabella, the Vicar loses all his money through the bankruptcy of his merchant investor who leaves town abruptly. Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for this work. Illustrated by William Mulready, an Irish painter. In the original blue cloth binding with gilt decoration. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: William Mulready. Very Good .

Keywords: Vicar Wakefield Goldsmith Mulready Wakefield William Mulready

Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 870T77

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