B35170
Shelfmark
Lk.5.10
Author
Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild
Title
The history of Tom Jones, a changeling.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cambridge :, privately printed for Lord Rothschild of Merton Hall,, 1951.
Physical description
160 p. ;, 26 cm.
Note
Red cloth quarter-binding over grey paper covered boards ; gilt lettering on spine.
Note
Report of a lawsuit arising from the sale of an apparent 1st edition of Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding, to Lord Rothschild.
Provenance
Presentation inscription in ms. on front endpaper: "Kenneth Rose, e.d.a. Rothschild, 1976".
Copy-specific note
Photocopy of letter from Lord Chancellor to Rothschild dated 1970 about the legal case discussed in this book, 1 leaf of ms. notes by Rose and miscellaneous print-out loosely inserted.
Copy-specific note
"Exhibition of books and manuscripts in the Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge" for the Roxburghe Club, 22 June 1964, also loosely inserted.
Subject
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Subject
Rare books.
Added entry--name
Rose, Kenneth, donor.
Added entry--place
England, Cambridge.
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