HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. [8 vols.]

by Richardson, Samuel

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London:: Printed for John Donaldson,, 1776. Hardcover; full calf; spine ends eroded; lacks leather title labels; cover tips worn; several pp. lightly foxed; 8 extra front endpapers excised; contents clean; bindings tight.. each vol. indexed + `Similes & Allusions.' With b&w frontispiece portrait of Richardson in Vol. I. `7th edition...in 8 volumes' (first issue was in 7 vols., 1753-54.) ||| Richardson (1689-1761), printer to House of Commons, wrote `Pamela,' credited as the first modern English novel; a dozen years later began writing this `History..." ||| This work has been reprinted often since 1754; is analyzed & critiqued even today! Uncommon in 8 vols.