Amelia

by Henry Fielding

$600 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition, second state, with the misprint “the at Folly” corrected to “at the Folly” in volume 3. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf gilt, spine in six compartments with red morocco lettering-piece gilt, red-sprinkled edges, in morocco-edged cloth sliding case. Joints cracking, upper cover of volume 4 detached. Rothschild 853. Item #9476 Fielding’s last novel, and a commercial failure.

• Binding: Leather

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