Lot 298

Smollett, Tobias




Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£325
Description
The adventures of Roderick Random. London: J. Osborn, 1748. First edition, 2 volumes, p. I3 in volume 1 uncancelled, contemporary calf, blind stamped coat of arms on the boards, ownership inscription on both titlepages, lacking the final blank in volume 2
Footnote
Provenance: A note inside volume 1 attributes the arms to Stuart de Rothesay.
Note: Rothschild 1905. Smollett's first novel and the book that made his name.



