Oliver Goldsmith — The Vicar of Wakefield

London , John Van Voorst , 1855. Cloth. A lovely bound copy of the Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. A lovely bound copy of the Vicar of Wakefield. The Vicar of Wakefield was first published in 1766 and was one of the most popular and widely read novels of the 18th Century. Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet who is best known for this novel. With thirty-two in-text illustrations by William Mulready.Collated, complete. With a bookplate for Francis Frederick Fox to the front pastedown and a tipped in handwritten note to the half title page from a Henry Cole. With six pages of adverts to the rear. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light fading to the spine and bumping to the head of the spine. With a bookplate for Francis Frederick Fox to the front pastedown and a tipped in handwritten note to the half title page from a Henry Cole. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: William Mulready. Very Good Indeed .