RICHARDSON, Samuel (1689-1761)

Lot 87
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Lot 87 | RICHARDSON, Samuel (1689-1761)
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RICHARDSON, Samuel (1689-1761)

Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady. London: 1751.

Richardson's masterpiece epistolary novel, presented by a later Clarissa to her husband, Anthony Eden.



7 volumes, octavo (206 x 124mm). Fourth edition (without half-titles, occasional scattered light spotting). Contemporary calf (rebacked, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: John Smyth (of Heath Hall, Heath, West Yorkshire, armorial bookplates) – Clarissa Eden (inscription in volume I noting gift presentation to:) – Anthony Eden.





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