Item #205808 Poems and Plays.; To which is prefixed, The Life of the Author. Oliver Goldsmith.

Poems and Plays.; To which is prefixed, The Life of the Author.

Dublin: William Wilson, 1777. First collected edition. 8vo, [4], [xii], 328pp; contemporary calf with gilt rules on spine, red label. Small portion of the corner of the table of contents torn away, no loss; narrow bands of offsetting to edges of endpapers from binding; covers lightly rubbed at hinges and extremities; spine drying, but intact; a couple of small stains. Item #205808

Includes an engraved title page vignette as well as a portrait engraving of Goldsmith by Esdall. This copy is from the regular edition; there was also a large paper edition with a different title page and imprint.

Price: $350.00

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