The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. A New Edition, in Ten Volumes austrian Violet Leconfield's copy

Violet Leconfield's copy

Turquoise cloth with the excellent pictorial dust-jacket

Half-title and titlepage printed in red and black

Originally published in 1853 as "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a discourse of fish and fishing

Inscribed by the author

The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. A New Edition, in Ten Volumes austrian Violet Leconfield's copyLondon: F. C. & J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; Cadell and Davies; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and many more (all London), 1821. Ten vols. 8vo (8. 5 x 5. 5 ins) Bound in full contemp. calf with raised bands to spines making six compartments each with gilt floral ornaments and cornerpieces. Engraved frontispiece in vol I (with tissue guard) by William Hogarth is toned with residual offsetting to the titlepage. Spine of vol VII slightly faded;