The Adventures of Roderick Random
SMOLLETT, Tobias
With a Life of the Author.
SCARCE WEYBRIDGE PRINTING IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Published: J. Walker Paternoster Row, 1814
Stock code: 28154
Price: £186.00
12mo., with engraved frontispiece, and engraved and printed titles, some light and inoffensive age-staining; contemporary diced calf, boards with double frame border enclosing decorative floral frame all in gilt, back with flat bands in gilt, second compartment with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, corners mildly worn else a very good, crisp copy.
Printed by Hamilton of Weybridge. The engraved titles are dated 1814; the printed titles 1815. With the contemporary trade ticket of Lance Libraire, 50 rue croix des petits champs, Paris on front paste-down. Includes the Life, Preface, and Apologue. SCARCE