The Vicar of Wakefield walks he amassed the largest collection

he amassed the largest collection of ancient Greek sculpture in Britain before the Elgin marbles were acquired

37 plates in total (including the four frontispieces)

Red cloth spine over pale pink boards

London: William Heinemann

Text block slightly shaken but square

The Vicar of Wakefield walks he amassed the largest collectionLondon: Constable, 1914. Edition deluxe limited to 500 copies, this being number 143, signed by the illustrator at limitation page. Quarto. With 16 coloured plates, including the frontispiece, 48 single leaf illustrations, and chapter head pieces, all by Edmund Sullivan. Handsomely bound in olive green, burgundy and blue calf with gilt decorations, spine discoloured to brown, with twin labels in black and red, raised bands, gilt fillets around