Familiar Letters between the Principal Characters in David Simple TWO VOLUMES IN ONE

Sarah Fielding

Published by E. and J. Exshaw, Dublin, 1747

About this Item

8vo. 1747. 1st edition. 2 vols in 1. viii,146 (2) 184 with dated ad. lf. between vols.1 & 2.This Dublin edition is accorded chronological priority over the London edition of the same year and is very much scarcer ESTC T115807 (locating 6 copies worldwide). The novel was intended as an epistolary continuation of her successful novel 'Adventures of David Simple'. The preface and letters xl-xliv were written by her brother Henry Fielding. With the book-plates of Steuart of Allanton and Austin Dobson (poet & biographer of eighteenth century literary figures inc. Henry Fielding). Age-toned but clean in original calf, hinges split but binding sound.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Familiar Letters between the Principal Characters in David Simple TWO VOLUMES IN ONE
• Publisher: E. and J. Exshaw, Dublin
• Publication Date: 1747
• Language: English
• Binding: Full Calf
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good