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The vicar of Wakefield : a tale / supposed to be written by himself.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3490 .A1 1766 v.1/2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vicars, Parochial--England--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- Vicars, Parochial.
- Conduct of life--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
- English fiction--Early works to 1800.
- English fiction.
- England--Social life and customs--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- England.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- ashe das, onh- puof (3) 1766 (Q) v.1
- u-c- kete s-am "I"i (3) 1766 (R) v.2
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed for W. and W. Smith, A. Leathly, J. Hoey, sen. P. Wilson, J. Exshaw, E. Watts, H. Saunders, J. Hoey, jun. J. Potts, and J. Williams, [1766]
- Notes:
- Advertisement signed: Oliver Goldsmith.
- First Dublin edition. See Temple Scott, Oliver Goldsmith bibliographically and biographically considered (1928), pages 177-178.
- Title leaf of volume 1 undated; title leaf of volume 2 has date: M,DCC,LXVI.
- Signatures: volume 1: [A]² B-H¹² I¹⁰(-I9,I10) ; volume 2: [A]1 B-H¹² I¹²(-I12) (leaf I11 blank).
- Pagination: volume 1: [4], 188 pages ; volume 2: [2], 188, [2] pages.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: volume 1: leaf B1 wanting.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has paper slip with early manuscript notes laid in.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy bound in 1 volume.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 2: head margin of leaf E4 torn of with damage to running title and loss of page numbers and a few words of text; tear in lower portion of leaf G1.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog T146177
- Scott, T. Oliver Goldsmith, pages 177-178
- OCLC:
- 727982145
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