Smollett

(Tobias George Smollett ). The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the Author of Roderic Random in two Volumes. (komplett!). With nine Plates. London, Cooke ca. 1830. <BestNr 7221N>
*Tobias [George] Smollet (1721-1771), schottischer Schriftsteller. Er beteiligte sich nach einem Mißerfolg als Dramatiker als Wundarzt an Schiffsreisen, hatte nach 1743 eine schlechtgehende Arztpraxis und wandte sich dann ganz der Literatur zu. Durch journalistische Kontroversen verbittert, verließ er 1769 die britische Insel für immer. Seine Schelmenromane zeichnen sich durch grobkomische, karikaturistische, groteske Elemente aus, seine Vorliebe galt exzentrischen Originalen, wie er sie in seinen Hauptwerken, dem hier vorliegenden (1748, deutsch 1755) und "Die Abenteuer des Peregrine Pickle" (1751, deutsch 1785) darstellte, sein bedeutendster Roman ist "Humphrey Clinker's Reisen" (1771, deutsch 1848). Er übersetzte auch Lesage und Cervantes*Tobias George Smollett (bapt. 19 March 1721 - 17 September 1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1753)Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He was the son of a judge and land-owner, and was educated at the University of Glasgow, qualifying as a surgeon. His career in medicine came second to his literary ambitions, and in 1739 he went to London to seek his fortune as a dramatist. Although unsuccessful, he obtained a commission as a naval surgeon on the HMS Chichester and travelled to Jamaica, where he settled down for several years. On his return, he set up practice in Downing Street and married a wealthy Jamaican heiress, Anne Lascelles, in 1747.His first published work was a poem about the Battle of Culloden entitled "The Tears of Scotland", but it was The Adventures of Roderick Random which made his name. It was modelled on Le Sage's Gil Blas, and was published in 1748. Smollett followed it up by finally getting his tragedy, The Regicide, published, though it was never performed. In 1750, Smollett took his MD degree in Aberdeen, and also travelled to France, where he obtained material for his second novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, another big success. Having lived for a short time in Bath, he returned to London and published The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom in 1753. He was now recognised as a leading literary figure, and associated with the likes of David Garrick, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson, whom he famously nicknamed "that Great Cham of literature".[1] In 1755 he published a translation of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote, which he revised in 1761. In 1756, he became editor of The Critical Review.He also visited Scotland, and this visit helped inspire his last novel, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), published in the year of his death. He had for some time been ailing from an intestinal disorder, and had sought a cure at Bath and eventually retired to Italy, where he is buried at Leghorn/Livorno.

Kl.8to. mit 9 Kupfertafeln (inkl. Titelkupfer). 216, 231 Seiten, etwas späterer Pappband ders 19. Jhdts. mit Papierrückenschildchen. 1 Nachtitel mit hinterlegter Fehlstelle, wenige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift, unbeschnittene, altersbedingt gute Exemplare. Sehr seltene frühe Ausgabe.

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Smollett, Tobias G.: HUMPHRY CLINKERS DENKWÜRDIGE REISE. Aus dem Engl.u.Nachw.v. Walter Batt. Leipzig, Dieterich 1971. 2.Aufl.
SAMMLUNG DIETERICH 212.; OT.: THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER.; Tobias George Smollett (* 1721 in Dalquhurn, West Dunbartonshire, Schottland; + 1771 in Livorno, Italien), schottischer Schriftsteller.Seine erste Veröffentlichung war ein Gedicht über die Schlacht von Culloden, doch erst sein pikaresker Roman Roderick Random, den er nach dem Vorbild des Gil Blas von Alain-Rene Lesage verfasst hatte, machte ihn 1748 berühmt. Autobiographische Elemente waren hier mit Komik und Fabulierkunst zu einem Schelmenroman ausgebaut worden. In den folgenden Jahren sammelte Smollett in Frankreich Material für seinen nächsten Roman, Peregrine Pickle, der 1751 erschien und ebenfalls ein großer Erfolg war. 1753 folgte Ferdinand Count Fathom, (Graf Ferdinand Fathom), der in mancher Hinsicht schon den späteren Schauerroman vorwegnahm. Smollett wurde nun als eine führende literarische Persönlichkeit betrachtet, er stand in Verbindung mit David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson und Laurence Sterne. In seiner letzten Lebensdekade schrieb Smollett als Fortsetzung von Humes "History" "A Complete History of England" (1750) und "A Continuation of the Complete History, 5 Vol.,Ldn., Baldwin 1760-65 (ca.2500 Sn., 51 Kpf.u.10 gest.u.gef.Ktn.), das er als sein eigentliches Hauptwerk betrachtete, ferner den Roman Sir Launcelot Greaves (1760) und die Reiseberichte Travels through France and Italy (1766). Sein letzter Roman "Humphry Clinker", der im Jahr seines Todes erschien, gilt vielen Lesern als sein gelungenstes Werk: Elemente des Schelmenromans, des Briefromans und des Reiseberichts sind hierin auf kunstvolle Weise zu einer Einheit verbunden worden.; SEHR GUTER ZUSTAND

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[SMOLLETT.] BOUCE Paul-Gabriel. Les Romans de Smollett. Etude critique. Paris, Didier, 1971.

In-8 broche, 470 pages. Index. (Couverture usagee.) BON EXEMPLAIRE. 35

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, Smollett, Tobias illustrated by Hayman: The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life. By T. Smollett, M.D. In Four Volumes, , London Published by T. Osborne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al. , 1765
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, 4 uniform volumes, xl, 293, 314, xi, 331, & 322 pages, illustrated with 28 copper engraved plates Third Edition, Corrected 12mo Hardback , volumes in similar condition, with pieces of title labels missing, spine ends scuffed with loss to head of volume 2 and less to others, boards lightly scuffed and darkened in places, splits along joints but all holding fairly well, previous owner's bookplate on both front endpapers of each vol, faint patches of spots at some margins, plates nice and clean, overall the books are in good+ condition , full brown speckled calf with gilt titles on black leather spine labels, gilt decorated spines

[SW: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, Smollett, Tobias, The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life. By T. Smollett, M.D. In Four Volumes]

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