By Oliver Goldsmith

Published: London T Carnan

Size: 7" by 4" Pagination: vii, 259pp; 217pp

Oliver Goldsmith's ironic slant on British society, written as a Chinese man living in London.

By Oliver Goldsmith

1774 The Citizen of the World Or Letters from A Chinese Philosopher Residing in London to His Friends in the East In Two Volumes

Name: 1774 2vol The Citizen of the World Oliver Goldsmith Social Commmentary
SKU: LTH20-B-10
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Published: London T Carnan

Size: 7" by 4" Pagination: vii, 259pp; 217pp

Oliver Goldsmith's ironic slant on British society, written as a Chinese man living in London.

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Leather Binding

In 1760 Goldsmith began to publish a series of letters in the Public Ledger under the title The Citizen of the World. Purportedly written by a Chinese traveler in England named Lien Chi, they used this fictional outsider's perspective to comment ironically and at times moralistically on British society and manners. It was inspired by the earlier essay series Persian Letters by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. Third edition. Complete in two volumes.

Condition

Rebacked in calf with original boards. Externally sound with smart spines, though with some rubbing to the original leather. Internally, firmly bound. Neat ink sigantures to title pages. Pages have some scattered spotting.

Overall: Very Good

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