A Proper Answer to a Late Scurrilous Libel, Entitled, An Apology for the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-Rate Minister

by Henry Fielding

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. ii , iv, 2, blank , 5-44 pp., with half-title and A4 blank. 8vo. Modern blue wrappers. Stab holes, a few paper flaws on half-title and advertisement, and small closed tears on half-title. In a custom quarter cloth and card folder. Cross III, p. 315. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson bookplate . Item #308062 The last of Fielding's political tracts, a response to an anti-ministerial

• Binding: Wrappers

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