[Rarebooks] fa: HENRY FIELDING - HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS - 2 vols. 1749

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Henry Fielding: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in Imitation of The Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote... Illustrated with Cuts. The Fourth Edition, revised and corrected. London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Katharine Street, in the Strand, MDCCXLIX [1749]. Two volumes, 12mo (17 cm), in early/period calf, rebacked with later but not recent leather, contrasting morocco spine labels; [20], 226, [2] pp.; [6], 226 pp.; leaf of publisher's adverts in vol I.; 11 copper-engraved plates. ESTC T89884.

Bindings with some rubbing and crazing to the leather on the boards, bumping to the corners; bottom corner of one leaf torn away with loss to the last four lines of text (v. II pp. 111/112); contents mildly toned with occasional small spots and stains; engraved bookplates of Nathaniel Garland, Junior.