The Vicar of Wakefield : a tale supposed to be written by himself.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldsmith, Oliver, author.

Contributor:

Webb, H. D. (Hesba Dora), printer, book designer, binder.

Webb, H. G. (Henry George), printer, book designer, binder.

Caradoc Press, printer, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vicars, Parochial--England--Fiction.

Vicars, Parochial.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Conduct of life--Fiction.

Conduct of life.

England--Social life and customs--Fiction.

England.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Sperling, Philip (autograph, March 1942) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[6], 211, [1] pages : portrait ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bedford Park, Chiswick, England : Caradoc Press, MDCCCCIII [1903].

Notes:

Frontispiece: engraved portrait of Oliver Goldsmith by H.G.W. (Harry George Webb).

Title page printed in red and black; publisher's insignia printed in red on title page; initials, ornaments, tail-pieces.

"This edition numbers xiv copies on vellum, ccclx copies on paper."--Colophon.

Printed with facsimile signature of Oliver Goldsmith.

"The end of The Vicar of Wakefield written by Doctor Oliver Goldsmith in the year 1766 and now republished from the text of the first edition by Harry George Webb and his wife Hesba Dora Webb. The initials and ornaments designed and engraved, and the whole printed and bound at the Caradoc Press Bedford Park, Chiswick, finished August 15, 1903"--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is on paper.

OCLC:

913503684