Oliver Goldsmith — The Vicar of Wakefield

London, Chapman & Hall, [1910]. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Goldsmith's classic sentimental novel, widely read in Victorian England, with coloured plates. A later ediiton, originally published in 1766. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.  Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, and twenty-three further coloured plates by Margaret Jameson. Collated, complete. One of the most widely read eighteenth century novels among Victorians, this piece follows the lives of the Primrose family through bankruptcy. Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish novelist, dramatist, and poet. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with faint marks to rear board. Very light spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to half title page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Margaret Jameson. Very Good Indeed .