THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES A FOUNDLING

Limited Collector's Edition published by advance reservation for subscribers to the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Illustrated with dozens of pen and ink and watercolour paintings by T.M.Cleland. 8vo, bound in the publisher's original maroon leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. xvi, 778 pp. A fine copy, as pristine.

Edizione: masterful colour illustrations by t.m.cleland. with an introduction by louis kronenberger. <br> "the modern english novel was born in 1749, and christened tom jones: the history of a foundling. that was forty-two years after the birth of its creator, who was born in somerset in 1707 and christened henry fielding. he was by no means a foundling, but a legitimate member of a noble english family.in the history of english literature, henry fielding is accounted the master from whom dickens, thackeray, and the great school of victorian novelists descended." - the publisher