The Works Of Laurence Sterne; In Four Volumes.
£200.00
Publisher
Printed [by Luke Hansard] for J. Johnson; T. Beckett; R. Baldwin; A. Strahan; W. Lowndes; Wilkie and Robinson; G. Robinson; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. Walker; Cuthell & Martin; Lackington, Allen and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Nunn; R. Lea; Scatcherd and Letterman; John Richardson; J. M. Richardson; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Carpenter; S. Bagster; and, J. Asperne,
Place
London
Date
1808
Synopsis
Containing the life and opinions of tristram shandy, gent.; a sentimental journey through france and italy; sermons, - letters, etc. with a life of the author written by himself.
Item Description
FOUR VOLUMES. 8vo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Volume the First, xvii + [i] + [2] + 489 pp.; Volume the Second, [ii] + 448 pp.; Volume the Third, xii + 426 pp. Volume the Fourth, vii + [i] + 447 pp. Bound in contemporary full calf, gilt, boards with decorative blind stamped and gilt borders; spines in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt with contrasting title labels, gilt. All edges marbled. A little age related wear to extremities, including corners and spine edges. Offsetting of frontispiece on first volume title page and some scattered foxing throughout; otherwise a very good set. 1814 signature of H. Lloyd, Trinity College Cambridge on second or third free endpapers. Later pictorial bookplates in Latin of William Steven. Illustrated by engraved portrait frontispiece, 16 engraved title pages, 10 engraved plates, one music notation, and by the author's text illustrations, including 2 pages in marbled colour. A illustrated set of the collected works of the Anglo-Irish cleric and author, Laurence Sterne (1713-61), first published in 1783. It includes Tristram Shandy, A Sentimental Journey, forty sermons and 132 letters. THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY SET WHICH WILL INCUR SHIPPING COSTS ABOVE THE DEFAULT RATE QUOTED BY ABE. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE A QUOTATION FOR POSTAGE BEFORE ORDERING.
[Stock No. 29418]
