The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume with Memoir of the Author.

ROSCOE, Thomas. (Henry Fielding).

Item Number: 101216

London: Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1840.

First edition of the complete works of Henry Fielding, compiled into one volume by Roscoe. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label with titles lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Fielding with tissue guard. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities.

Eighteenth century English jurist, novelist, and dramatist Henry Fielding produced dozens of plays and six novels throughout his lifetime, including his best-known work: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. First published in 1749, The History of Tom Jones became an instant bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. Fielding's other works include; The Grub Street Opera (1731), The Covent Garden Tragedy (1732), Shamela (1741), and Amelia (1751),