FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews. London: A. Millar, 1742. 2 vols., 12° (154 x 90mm). (Occasional light soiling, vol. II without preliminary advertisement leaf.) Contemporary tree sheep (rebacked, preserving old lettering-pieces, some neat repairs to covers). Provenance: 'Wm. Cooke after 1767' (partially erased inscription on title) -- J. Wyndham (1951 inscription on front endpapers).

FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews. London: A. Millar, 1742. 2 vols., 12° (154 x 90mm). (Occasional light soiling, vol. II without preliminary advertisement leaf.) Contemporary tree sheep (rebacked, preserving old lettering-pieces, some neat repairs to covers). Provenance: 'Wm. Cooke after 1767' (partially erased inscription on title) -- J. Wyndham (1951 inscription on front endpapers).

FIRST EDITION of Fielding's 'comic romance'. The manservant Joseph is the brother of Richardson's heroine, Pamela, who herself appears in the story. Cross III, p. 305; Rothschild I, 844. (2)