SMOLLET, TOBIAS. (SMOLLETT).

Peregrine Pickels Tildragelser. Oversat af Engelsk (ved Joh. Clem. Tode). 4 Deele. Med Kobber efter Chodoviecki (i hver del). [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. Translated from the English (by Joh. Clem. Tode). 4 Parts. With an Engraving efter Chodoviecke (in each part)].

Kiøbenhavn, 1787-95. Fire samt. hldrbd. m. brugsspor. Bd. 1 i et variende bind, bind 2-4 ensartet indb. Rygge m. skrammer, hjørner stødte. M alle fire kobberst. frontispiecer af Schule efter Chodowiecki. Nedre marginer af frontispiecer i bd. 2 og 3 skåret af, uden tab af illustr. eller teksten nedenunder. Indimellem brunplettet. På skrivepapir. Gammelt ejernavn åpå titelbl. af bd. 1,2, og 4: "J. Holm" (19. årh.).

Four cont. hcalfs w. traces of wear. Vol. one in a varying binding, vols. 2-4 uniformly bound. Backs w. scratches, corners bumped. W. all four engravings by Schule after Chodowiecki. Lower margins of frontispieces in vols. 2 and 3 cut off, not affecting illustr. nor text underneath. Occationally some brownspotting, but on good paper. Old owner's name to title-pages of vols. 1,2 and 4: "J. Holm" (19th cent.)

Den sjældne første danske udgave af "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle". Andenudgaven af denne oversættelse begyndte allerede at udkomme in 1797, men det fjerde bind kom først i 1817. Den engelske original udkom i fire bind i 1751.

Scarce first Danish edition of "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle". A second edition of the translation already started appearing in 1797, but the last volume did not appear till 1817. The English first edition was printed in four volumes in 1751.

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