The Works of Laurence Sterne; In Four Volumes; Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman; A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; Sermons; Letters, &c. With A Life of the Author, Written by Himself.
- Description
- This volume is fully bound in tree-marbled leather over boards with mottled green edges to the text block and gold impressed decoration to the board rims. The front paste-down has a large previous owners bookplate in the centre with "Rose" underneath a Heraldic device. Written in pencil to the top of this page is "With half-title, and an engraved frontispiece in vol 1". Also written in pencil to the top of the front free end-page is "?£200". There are further booksellers marks, written in pencil, to the foot of the rear paste-down. The frontispiece is a copper-plate image of Sterne, within a roundall above the writing "Laurence Sterne, A.M. Prebendary of York &c. &c.". To the bottom left of the plate is "Sir J. Reynolds pinxit" and to the bottom right is "I. /neagle Sculpt" and underneath centre is "Published Octr 20th 1798 by Cadell and Davies, Strand". Printed for : Johnson, J & Robinson, G. & Robinson, J. & Becket, T. & Baldwin, R. & Hookham and Company & Strahan, A. & Lowndes, W. & Wilkie, G. & Vernor and Hood & Ogilvy and Son & Walker, J. & Stockdale. J. & Lackington, Allen and Company & Longman and Rees & Cadell and Davies & Nunn, J. & Lea, R. & Scatcherd, J. & Richardson, W.J. and Richardson, J. & Blacks and Parry & Asperne, J.
- Accession number
- CCWSH:0219a
- Category
- Book
- Author/maker
- Sterne, Laurence
- Publisher
- Johnson, J; Luke Hansard, Printer
- Date
- 1803
- Dimensions
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- Width:
- 138 mm
- Height:
- 225 mm
