The Vicar Of Wakefield.

GOLDSMITH, Oliver.

Item Number: 122741

London: John van Voorst, 1855.

Finely bound with original onlay to the center of the front panel, bound in full blue morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the panels, inner dentelles, blue satin endpapers, with thirty two illustrations by William Mulready. Bound by Kelly and Sons. In fine condition.

The Vicar of Wakefield has long charmed readers "in part due to the imaginative glow that Goldsmith so effortlessly casts over the action and to his flexible and easy style" (Baugh).