The History of Amelia. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes.

  • Fielding, Henry
  • London: James Cochrane and Co. 1832
  • Cohn 707.

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Description

2 vols., 8vo, pp. [iv], ii, [ii], 307, [1]; [vi], 344 + frontispiece to each volume and 6 plates. Later half green roan, marbled boards, spines divided by raised bands, compartments bordered with gilt rules, 2nd and 3rd compartments lettered direct in gilt, top edges gilt. Just a touch of spotting. A little rubbed, spines lightly sunned. Bookseller’s labels of Charles Hutt, London, to pastedowns.

Notes

A reprint of Fielding's 1749 novel, with half-titles of Thomas Roscoe's 'Novellist's Library' series. The illustrations by George Cruikshank, much-reprinted over the following century, were made for this edition and make their first appearance here.

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