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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

1879
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Object Information
  • Title: Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
  • Author: Written and illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray (British (born India), Calcutta 1811–1863 London)
  • Dedicatee: Bryan Waller Procter (British, 1787–1874)
  • Publisher: Smith, Elder, & Co. (London)
  • Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company (Philadelphia)
  • Printer: Spottiswoode & Co. (London)
  • Date: 1879
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Colta Ives, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.1211
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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