Oliver Goldsmith — The Vicar of Wakefield

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1914. Cloth. Oliver Goldsmith's popular novel about a Vicar and his family, beautifully illustrated throughout by Edmund J. Sullivan. An illustrated edition. First published in 1766. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan with a colour frontispiece, monochrome plates and fifteen coloured plates. Oliver Goldsmith's fiction novel, being one of the most popular novels of the 18th century in Britain. The story follows Dr Charles Primrose, a Vicar, and his wife and children and he tells the story of the rise and fall of his family. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine. Ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with only the slightest age toning to the extremities, and occasional light spotting, heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Edmund J. Sullivan. Very Good Indeed .