Front cover image for The vicar of Wakefield

The vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith, John Thompson (Engraver), William Mulready (Illustrator)
Print Book, English, 1843
John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, London, 1843
Armorial bookplates England 1843-1868
xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 306 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
542683
With a half-title, printer's statement on verso
"London: Printed for John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row."--Page 306
Engraved by John Thompson, from designs by William Mulready
Illustrations are wood engravings
Publisher's advertisements, p. [1-6] at end
Laid in autograph letter signed by the artist, William Mulready, dated April 25, 1821, Kensington
Provenance: From the Vicar of Wakefield Collection presented to the New York Academy of Medicine in memory of Linsly R. Williams by his daughter, Lesta Ford Clay, 1942 (bookplate) ; Francis William Medley (bookplate)
Binding: in publisher's brick stamped cloth, the front and back boards are stamped in blind, spine is lettered in gold with blind lines