The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. A New Edition, in Ten Volumes Rods with some losses to edges

with some losses to edges

Photographic frontispiece and 32 plates of b/w photos

Photographs and painting reproductions throughout

showing two cyclists pedalling along a country road

Large hardback with the excellent dust-jacket

The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. A New Edition, in Ten Volumes Rods with some losses to edgesLondon: F. C. & J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; Cadell and Davies; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and many more (all London), 1821. Ten vols. 8vo (8. 5 x 5. 5 ins) Bound in full contemp. calf with raised bands to spines making six compartments each with gilt floral ornaments and cornerpieces. Engraved frontispiece in vol I (with tissue guard) by William Hogarth is toned with residual offsetting to the titlepage. Spine of vol VII slightly faded;