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bibliographical descriptions 1. the first edition THE | ADVENTURES | OF | Roderick Random. | [single rule] | Et genus & virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est. | Hor. | [single rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [single rule] | VOL. I. | [single rule] | [printer’s ornament] | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. Osborn in Pater-nosterRow . | MDCCXLVIII. Volume 2: Title page as in volume I except “VOL. II.” substituted for “VOL. I.” Collation: 12o (174 x 100 mm). Volume I: A–O12 P6 . Pp. i title, iii–xi THE | PREFACE., xii blank, xiii–xxiii THE | CONTENTS | OF THE | FIRST VOLUME., xiv blank, 1–324 THE | ADVENTURES | OF | RODERICK RANDOM. Volume II: A–B6 C–Q12 R10 . Pp. i title, iii–xii THE | CONTENTS | OF THE | SECOND VOLUME., 1–366 THE | ADVENTURES | OF | RODERICK RANDOM., 367–68 blank. Press figures: Volume I: xiii-3 xxii-2 12-1 23-1 26-1 28-2 62-1 69-2 88-1 94-2 117-2 118-2 142-1 166-1 168-2 182-1 206-1 228-2 or none 229-3 or none 238-1 253-2 263-2 287-1 309-3 311-3 318-2. Volume II: viii-2 35-1 36-3 50-3 60-3 68-1 84-1 106-1 108-3 132-4 154-4 170-3 203-2 204-2 218-4 228-1 251-2 252-3 256-1 267-2 288-2 291-1 314-1 321-3 347-1 348-4 364-2. Typography: Volume I: A2 = A, L4 = K4. Catchwords: xv ^ we] —we 26 “tions—] “tions.”— 52 “to-day^ ] “to-day.— 55 was] far 86 “deemed.^ ] “deemed.”— 105 peated^ ] peated, 132 ^ man] “man 196 “matter] “to 302 “which^ ] “which,. Volume II: 294 = 264. Catchwords: 43 ^ have] “have 123 ^ from] “from 133 liberation] deliberation 149 ^ In] —In 180 ^ manifestation] “manifestation 185 ^ I] “I 188 “what^^ ] “what?” 208 Surprized] Surprised 243 ^ of ] “of 271 III^ ] III. 290 length^ ] length, 319 ^ with] “with 333 ^ Paris,] “Paris, 348 ^ perfection!] “perfection. Notes: In most copies of the 1748 first edition, I9 is a cancel in volume I, and E4 is a cancel in volume II. The copies marked with a double dagger (‡) have I9 in its original state. All copies seen have E4 as a cancel. Luella Fredericka Norwood examined a copy belonging to Owen D. Young that has both I9 in volume I and E4 in volume II in the original state, but its present location is unknown. See her unpublished 1931 Yale University dissertation, “A Descriptive Bibliography with Notes Bibliographical and Biographical of the Creative Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. 1746–1771 with the Posthumous Ode to Independence, 1773,” pp. 58–60. Copies:BritishLibrary(‡C.175.aa.30,C.95.aa.10);CambridgeUniversityLibrary(‡7720.d.746– 47); Cambridge University, Trinity College (Rothschild Library 1905, ‡1906); University of Chicago (PR3694 .A25.1748a); Cornell University (PR3694 R6 1748); Edinburgh University Library (JA 93b-937); Huntington Library (76966); Indiana University, Lilly Library (PR3694 R6); University of Iowa Library (xPR3694 R6 1748); University of Kansas, Spencer Library (B2207); University of London; McMaster University (‡B12813–14); National Library of Scotland (F.7.f.41); Newberry Library (Case Y 155 .S656); Oxford University, Bodleian Library (Don.F.147–48, Vet.A4.F.1401–2); University of Pennsylvania (Singer-Mendenhall PR3694 R6 1748); Princeton University (Ex3936.7.311.13, Ex3936.7.311.13 C. 2, Robert H. 600 Bibliographical Descriptions Taylor); Rosenbach Foundation (EL2 S666r); ‡Sion College, London; University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center (Am Sm79 748a); University of Virginia (*PR3694 R6 1748); Williams College, Chapin Library; Yale University, Beinecke Library (‡Im Sm79 748, Im Sm79 748ad). 2. the second edition THE | ADVENTURES | OF | Roderick Random. | [single rule] | Et genus & virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est. | Hor. | [single rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [single rule] | VOL. I. | [single rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [single rule] | [printer’s ornament] | [double rule] | LONDON : | Printed for J. Osborn in Pater-noster-Row. | MDCCXLVIII. Volume 2: Title page as in volume I except “VOL. II.” substituted for “VOL. I.” Collation: 12o (166 x 98 mm). Volume I: A–O12 P6 . Pp. i title, iii–xi THE | PREFACE., xii blank, xiii–xxiii THE | CONTENTS | OF THE | FIRST VOLUME., xiv blank, 1–324 THE | ADVENTURES | OF | RODERICK RANDOM. Volume II: A–P12 Q6 Pp. i title, iii–xii THE| CONTENTS | OF THE | SECOND VOLUME., 1–372 THE | ADVENTURES | OF| RODERICK RANDOM. Press figures: Volume I: x-3 4-1 or none 12-3 or none 14-4 or none 23-1 26-3 28...

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