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Oliver GoldsmithTHE TRAVELLER, OR A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY. A POEM. INSCRIBED TO THE REV. MR. HENRY GOLDSMITH.
London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1765. [4],iv,22,[2]pp. Quarto. Full green crushed levant, gilt extra, by Riviere, a.e.g.. Upper joint a bit weak, otherwise a very good copy, with the bookplate of N.F. Brady and the gilt label of the Brick Row Bookshop. Item #WRCLIT65228
First edition of Goldsmith's first separately published poem, Todd's fourth state, with the price on the half-title in square brackets, the comma after 'Traveller' on the title etc. The first two "states" are known only in unique exemplars. Samuel Johnson contributed nine lines to this poem, and praised it highly. ROTHSCHILD 1024. COURTNEY & SMITH, p.113. FLEEMAN 64.12GT/1d. ESTC T146158. TINKER 1101. Todd, "Quadruple Imposition," in STUDIES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY VII (1955), pp. 103ff.
Price: $850.00