THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH, OF BATH, ESQ; extracted principally from his original papers.

[GOLDSMITH, Oliver.]

Published by London: printed for J. Newbery in St. Paul's Church-yard; and W. Frederick at Bath, 1762

About this Item

8vo, engraved frontispiece and pp. vi, 234, [4] advertisements; a nice copy in contemporary calf, plain spine (with title in ink); upper joint beginning to crack. First edition. Goldsmith does not seem to have been acquainted with 'Beau' Nash, who had died in February 1761 after more than fifty years as Master of Ceremonies at Bath although his text often appears to imply that he was. The Monthly Review made an interesting observation that 'Mr Samuel Johnson's admirable Life of Savage seems to have been chosen as the model of this performance'. A second edition was printed the same year, as well as a Dublin edition, but otherwise the text was not reprinted until Prior's collected edition of 1837. Williams pp. 126-7; Rothschild 1022. Provenance. Contemporary inscription of Benjamin Dickinson on upper pastedown; modern bookplate of Desmond Geoghegan.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH, OF BATH, ESQ; extracted principally from his original papers.
• Publisher: London: printed for J. Newbery in St. Paul's Church-yard; and W. Frederick at Bath
• Publication Date: 1762
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