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FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: for A. Millar, 1749. Second edition.
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
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FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: for A. Millar, 1749. 

6 volumes, 12mo (160 x 95 mm). Contemporary calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (some slight wear to extremities); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sold 1935 (pencil annotation recording the Whitebarn Sale); C. H. Wilkinson (armorial bookplate).

Second edition of Fielding's masterpiece, which was rushed to publication in 1749. The first edition of the same year contains a number of errors due to both compositor and author error. The work was immediately revised after the publication of the first edition, and the errors are addressed in subsequent editions which also omit the errata leaf (present in this copy). According to early bibliographer Frederick S. Dickson, the second edition was likely begun while the sixth volume of the first edition went to press in February 1749. ESTC T89901; Grolier English 48; Rothschild 850.

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