The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / by Henry Fielding. With introduction and notes by Austin Dobson
1892, Limited Edition. London : Printed and issued by C. Whittingham & Co. at the Chiswick Press. Very good copy bound in vellum over paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age, now covered in a clear plastic jacket, with title printed on a loose paper insert to protect the spine. Short biography of Dobson inserted by previous owner. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Provenance: bookplate of Ethel Mary Portal. Item #411080
Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, [v]-xxi, [2], 277 pages, 1 leaf, frontispiece ; 20 cm. Notes; "This Edition is limited to Five Hundred copies, viz. : 25 on Japanese Vellum, numbered 1 to 25. 475 on Handmade paper, numbered 26 to 500. This is No. 147." Frontispiece portrait of Fielding by William Hogarth, engraved by James Basire. Subjects; Bolingbroke, Henry St. John Viscount 1618-1751. Fielding, Henry 1707-1754 Travel Portugal Lisbon. Fielding, Henry 1707-1754 Travel English Channel. Fielding, Henry 1707-1754 Travel Atlantic Ocean. British Portugal Lisbon History 18th century. Authors, English 18th century ; Biography. Voyages and travels. Ocean travel History 18th century. Lisbon (Portugal) Description and travel.
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