first edition Contemporary polished calf. Elaborately gilt spine with morocco labels
1780 · London:
by Goldsmith, Oliver
London: Printed for H. Goldney…[et al.], 1780 First English collected edition. A Dublin collected edition appeared in 1777. Contemporary polished calf. Elaborately gilt spine with morocco labels. Two volumes, octavo. Engraved frontisportrait. Joints lightly rubbed and tender, armorial bookplates of William Constable, F.R.S.. F.A.S., in each volume. First gathering of Volume II foxed, offsetting from portrait. A very pretty copy in an unrestored contemporary binding. In marbled board slipcase. The former owner is William Constable (1783-1861), who made a noteworthy trip from New York to New Orleans by boat and by mule and on foot, and who later became a pioneer daguerrotype photographer.
(Inventory #: 14187)