GOLDSMITH, Oliver.—The Deserted Village. 1770. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, doubled with green morocco, borders, silk guards, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Another copy, somewhat taller than the preceding.
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.—The Deserted Village. By Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by the Etching Club. London: published for Joseph Cundall . . . MDCCCLVII. Small 4to, green morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt edges, by Hayday.
Thirty-five woodcut illustrations, drawn from the original etchings by E. K. Johnson, and engraved by Harral, Bolton, and Cooper.
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.—She Stoops to Conquer: or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by Doctor Goldsmith. London: Printed for F. Newbery . . . MDCCLXXIII. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, doubled with citron morocco with rich gold frame, gilt over rough edges, by Chambolle-Duru.
First issue of the first edition, with the numerous errors in pagination and the absence of Diggory (Mr. Saunders) from the Dramatis Personæ.
Collation: Title, A1 (verso blank). Dedication "To Samuel Johnson, LL D," signed "Your moſt ſincere friend, And admirer, Oliver Goldsmith," A2 recto. Prologue by David Garrick, A2 verso and A3 recto. Epilogue by Goldsmith, A3 recto and verso. Epilogue by J. Craddock, A4 (verso Dramatis Personæ). Text, B1-P1 in fours. Pages 1-74 (65 misprinted 56), 83, 68-69, 86-87, 72-73, 90-91, 76-77, 94-95, 80, and 97-114.
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.—She Stoops to Conquer: or The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by Doctor Goldsmith. London: Printed for F. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church-Yard. MDCCLXXIII. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Rivière.
Second issue of the first edition, with the pagination corrected.
The title-page and text are the same sheets as in the first issue, but the preliminary matter has been reset, possibly also the Epilogue, and Diggory's name added to the Dramatis Personæ, from which it was omitted by mistake in the first issue.