Description: EARLY EDITION OF SMOLLETT'S PEREGRINE PICKLE & MARMONTEL'S MORAL TALES IN ONE VOLUME
Smollett, Tobias; "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. in Which Are Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality", four volumes, London, Printed for Harrison and Co. No. Paternoster-Row. MDCCLXXXI. (1781). In remnants of the original binding, 438 pages, 9 full-page copperplate engravings (lacking frontis), Dr. Smollett first published Peregrine Pickle in 1751, and revised and reissued it in 1758. PLUS "Moral Tales" by M. Marmontel, translated from the French by C. Dennis and R. Lloyd, three volumes, London, same printer, same date; 234 pages, 3 plates. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Original leather binding poor, most of spine covering gone, boards off, but present, water staining to edges, contents completely legible. Scarce in any condition.