THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM. By the author of Roderick Random. The second edition.

[SMOLLETT, Tobias.]

Published by London: printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street, 1771

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Two volumes, 12mo, pp. [iv], viii, 262; [iv], 315; an attractive copy in contemporary tree calf, spines with red and green morocco labels, lightly rubbed. Second edition: this novel had been first published in 1753, and was one of Smollett's few failures, although there was a Dublin edition, and a piracy the same year. There is said to be another 'second edition' published by Johnston in 1760: that edition is listed in ESTC (T228100) in a single copy, at the Rylands and I have to say that its genuineness seems most unlikely. I wonder if it could be a copy whose imprint has been altered by someone at a later date.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM. By the author of Roderick Random. The second edition.
• Publisher: London: printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street
• Publication Date: 1771
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