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FIELDING, Henry. Examples of the Interposition of Providence in the Detenction and Punishment of Murder. London: A. Millar, 1752.
12° (123 x 74 mm). (Two letters of title imperfectly printed, first letter chipped near edge, a few pale marginal stains in quires D and E.) Contemporary calf (rebacked to match, wear at extremities). Provenance: Edmund Phipps (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Fielding wrote the introduction and conclusion to this monitory pamphlet aimed at a young and impressionable readership. The body of the work consists of thirty-three examples of the “miraculous” discovery and punishment of murderers, ranging from a pair of soldiers in the army of Pyrrhus to the recent sensational case of the parricide Mary Blandy. RARE: according to auction records, only one other copy of this has sold at auction in the last eighty years. Cross III, p.324.
12° (123 x 74 mm). (Two letters of title imperfectly printed, first letter chipped near edge, a few pale marginal stains in quires D and E.) Contemporary calf (rebacked to match, wear at extremities). Provenance: Edmund Phipps (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Fielding wrote the introduction and conclusion to this monitory pamphlet aimed at a young and impressionable readership. The body of the work consists of thirty-three examples of the “miraculous” discovery and punishment of murderers, ranging from a pair of soldiers in the army of Pyrrhus to the recent sensational case of the parricide Mary Blandy. RARE: according to auction records, only one other copy of this has sold at auction in the last eighty years. Cross III, p.324.