GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Good Natur'd Man: a Comedy. As Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. By Mr. Goldsmith. London: Printed for W. Griffin . . . MDCCLXVIII. _8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière._
First edition. Title, Preface, and Prologue by Dr. Johnson, three leaves. Text, B-L1 in fours, Epilogue, L2.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Roman History, From the Foundation of the City of Rome, To the Destruction of the Western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith. . . . London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, &c . . . M DCC LXIX. _8vo, two volumes, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Life of Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. London: Printed for T. Davies, . . . 1770. _8vo, red niger skin, gilt back, side panels, doubled with olive silk, silk guards, uncut edges, with the original blue wrappers bound in, by The Club Bindery._
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Life of Thomas Parnell, D. D. Archdeacon of Clogher. Compiled from original papers and memoirs: in which are included several letters Of Mr. Pope, Mr. Gay, Dr. Arbuthnot, &c. &c. By Dr. Goldsmith. London: Printed for T. Davies, . . . M DCC LXX. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Deserted Village, a poem. By Dr. Goldsmith. London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine-street, Strand. . . . MDCCLXX. _Small 8vo, boards, uncut edges, in brown levant morocco case, gilt back, floral ornament on the sides._
Second issue of the first octavo edition, with the misprint "head," page 9, line 1, corrected to "hand."
The poem was issued in two sizes in 1770, octavo and quarto, but it cannot be absolutely determined which was the first edition. The former is without question by far the rarer, and as there is an issue of this edition containing the misprint "head," which is not found in the quarto, it is fair to suppose that the octavo is the earlier.
Collation: Half-title, "The Deserted Village," A1 (verso blank). Title, A2 (verso blank). Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds, A3. Text, A4-B6 in sixes. Pages i-vi. and 7-24.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Deserted Village, a poem. By Dr Goldsmith. London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine-street, Strand. M DCC LXX. _Small 8vo, green levant morocco, rich gilt back and wide side borders, doubled with green morocco, borders, green silk guards, uncut edges, with the original wrappers bound in, by The Club Bindery._