Londres, impreso para J. Murray y J. Sibbald, Edimburgo, 1792.
3 volúmenes en-8 de: Ixix pp., 280 pp., 4 planchas fuera de texto coloreadas; II xi pp., 350 pp., 4 planchas fuera de texto coloreadas; III (1) f., vii pp., 316 pp., 4 planchas fuera de texto coloreadas.
Piel rubia, triple fileteado dorado, lomo decorado, piezas de título y numeración lavallière, encaje interior, bordes dorados (Rivière & Son).
201 x 120 mm.
New edition of Fielding’s Tom Jones published by James Sibbald in Edinburgh, «a milestone in the development of the English novel.»
First published in 1749, Tom Jones «is generally regarded as Fielding’s greatest, and as one of the first and most influential of English novels» (Drabble, 988).
«A milestone in the development of the English novel… It would be nearly another 150 years before a major novel could deal as frankly with the sexuality of its central character» (An English Library, 21).
L’ouvrage est illustré d’une suite de 12 jolies figures hors texte dessinées et gravées par Thomas Rowlandson.
L’un des quelques exemplaires dont les planches ont été entièrement coloriées à la main à l’époque.
Très bel exemplaire.
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