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First Ed. 3v. WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1809 - Description: First Edition 3 volumes of THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH - Oliver Goldsmith, M.B | New Edition, Published in Baltimore by Coales & Thomas (Edes and Leakin Printers), 1809 | Volumes I, II & III of a five volume set, including the Vicar of Wakefield in Volume I | Full title: THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M.B. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, AND A CRITICAL DISSERTATION ON THE POETRY, by J. Aiken, M.D. | Approx. Dimensions: 7” H x 4.5” W | Fully bound in brown calf leather with gold gilt decoration and lettering to spine | Interior toned / foxed with age, Vol. I has a portion of title page missing - see photographs for complete condition. Artist or Maker: Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774) Medium: Leather Bound Notes: Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765).