Oliver Goldsmith — The Deserted Village

London, Sampson Low and Son , 1855. Cloth. A smart copy of this poem of social commentary by Oliver Goldsmith with illustrations throughout. The first edition, with thirty five engraved illustrations by Etching Club. Collated complete.In the publisher's original binding. With a leaf of Etching Club advertisements to the rear. The Deserted Village is a poem written in heroic couplets and describes the depopulation of a village as many of its residents emigrate to America.Goldsmith comments and criticises rural decline at a time when many small English settlements were falling to the enclosure movement. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and small scattered marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Etching Club. Very Good .