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A Cornerstone Work in the Literature of Roguery

FIELDING, HENRY.

The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. A New Edition with Considerable Corrections and Additions.

Place and Imprint: London: Printed for A. Millar, 1754.
Edition: First separate edition.
Bibliographical References: ESTC N10381; Cross, page 325; Rothschild 856; NCBEL II, 929.
Condition: Edges a little rubbed; very good copy.
Book ID: 19770

Physical Description

12mo, modern polished calf by Bedford, brown morocco spine labels, gilt rules, decorations and lettering, a.e.g. With the leaf of publisher's ads [vii-viii].

Comments

One of the great works in the literature of roguery - a satirical novel written under the guise of the biography of a famous criminal. Fielding's account of Wild (1682-1725) first appeared in Miscellanies (1743) and is here separately printed, significantly revised, for the first time.

Price: $850.00