The Traveller

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The Traveller by Oliver Goldsmith with Etchings by M.M. Taylor, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1889, 47 pp, decorative, illustrated rust colored cloth, 10.5 x 7.5 , 8vo. In fair condition. Modes soiling to covers with small section of ink staining to front board. Bubbling and light rippling to surface of front board from previous humidity exposure. Light wear to extremities, particularly to tips and end bands. Spine darkened and rubbed with gilt decoration dulled. Front board s decoration is rubbed but remains bright. Decorative end papers clean. Binding shaken with plate loose at 34pp. A few instances of finger-soiling and light edge toning to text. All edges gilt. Free of known markings or ownership. Please see photos. The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society (originally published in 1764) is a philosophical poem by Oliver Goldsmith. In heroic verse of an Augustan style it discusses the causes of happiness and unhappiness in nations. It was the work which first made Goldsmith's name, and is still considered a classic of mid-18th-century poetry (taken from wikipedia). This edition, published over a century after the original, contains etchings by M. M. Taylor who was a prominent artist in Philadelphia during the late 19th century. N° de ref. del artículo COLI18889ABFK

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