RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GOLDSMITH, Oliver.

£750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Vicar of Wakefield. First Rackham edition, in the publisher's striking deluxe binding of "Persian morocco" with a pictorial illustration after the frontispiece. The work was issued in three bindings, in the limited vellum, this deluxe morocco, and the trade cloth. Originally published in 1766, Goldsmith's masterpiece was one of the most popular novels of its age and remains a classic of English literature."Seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece... The format is very charming and at the same time dignified... a volume of real value" (The Bookman, Dec. 1929).

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