The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale

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In attractive, slightly marked, green calf, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped. Spine raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red cal label. Internally, additional engraved title with B&W illustration by R Westall, [8], 9-194 pp, 1 vignette (of 4?), marbled endpapers & text block edges, small binders label to fep (Marshall), a little light edge browning & some offsetting to fep, occasional light spot. (153*94 mm). The Vicar of Wakefield follows the life of a wealthy vicar and his family who lie an idyllic life in their country parish thanks to the vicar's clever investments. The evening that his son is to marry an heiress, the vicar discovers that his merchant investor has lost all his money in bankruptcy.