Dr. Goldsmith [Oliver Goldsmith] — The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

London, John Sharpe, 1828. Leather. A classic Victorian novel from Oliver Goldsmith, with illustrations from Richard Westall. Illustrated with a title vignette and four plates. Collated complete. This humorous and satirical work was one of the most widely read eighteenth century novels among Victorians, following the lives of the Primrose family through bankruptcy. Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish novelist, dramatist, and poet. Illustrated by Richard Westall, an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events, best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria's drawing master. Rebacked in the original full calf binding with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper with the bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Richard Westall. Good .