The adventures of David Simple : containing an account of his travels through the cities of London and Westminster, in the search of a real friend / by a lady ; in two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.

Contributor:

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785, bookseller.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Lowndes, George Alan (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

2 v. ; 17 cm (12mo)

Edition:

A new edition, revised and corrected / with a preface by Henry Fielding ...

Fingerprint:

naly s,st vehe hiob (3) 1772 (R) v.1

rehe asmy utof roMa (3) 1772 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for T. Davies ..., MDCCLXXII [1772]

Notes:

"A lady" is Sarah Fielding. Cf. ESTC.

Signatures: v. 1: A¹⁰ B-M¹² N² O⁶ ; v. 2: pi1 A-N¹² O⁶(-O6?).

Pagination: v. 1: xx, 278, [2] p. ; v. 2: [2], 322 p.

Woodcut head-pieces; type ornament head- and tail-pieces.

"Books printed for T. Davies.": Vol. 1, p. [279]-[280].

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Trafford Books.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: each vol. has armorial bookplate of George Alan Lowndes (1829-1904) of Barrington Hall (Harlow, Essex, England) on front pastedown.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: each vol. bound in full calf; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title ("DAVID SIMPLE") stamped in gold on spine; gold-stamped black leather spine label with volume number; gold-tooled cover edges; all edges yellow.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: leaves of gatherings N-O bound in as follows: N1, N2, N3, N4, O4, O3, N9, N10, N11, N12, O1, O2, N5, N6, N7, N8, O5. Leaves O4 and O3 bound in upside-down.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: left board and front free endpaper partially detached.

Cited in:

ESTC N2917

OCLC:

84219247