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[FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754)]. The History of the
[FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754)]. The History of the
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[FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754)]. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1742.

2 volumes, 12mo (158 x 94 mm). 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements at end of vol. I. (First 6 leaves in vol.II inserted on stubs, lacking 2 advertisement leaves in vol.II, some minor soiling to a few leaves.) 20th century sprinkled calf gilt, green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: John Louis Ketterlinus (1852-1932), proprietor of Ketterlinus Printing House (later Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company) in Philadelphia (lithographed bookplate). 

FIRST EDITION in which Fielding continues his critique of Richardson's Pamela in what some describe as the first comedic novel in English, which Fielding describes in the introduction as a "comic Epic-Poem in Prose." Cross III, p. 305; Rothschild 844.

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