Title: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Author: [Sterne, Laurence] Place: London Publisher: T. Becket and P.A, DeHondt Date: 1768 Description: 2 volumes. (2), [i-iii], iv-xx, 203; (4), [1]-208 pp. With half titles and list of subscribers at front of Volume I. (8vo) 15.5x9.5 cm (6x3¾") later full red morocco, gilt-rule border, spines gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound by Johanna Birkenruth. First Edition. Sterne died just three weeks after publication. Following Tristam Shandy, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy was Sterne’s most-popular work. “The book was no doubt based on Sterne’s two journey’s abroad in 1762-4 and 1765. It was well received by the public…and is probably the first English novel to survive in the handwriting of its author” (Oxford Companion to English Literature, 885). Volume I in second state, p. 150 reading “vous.” Volume II in first state, p. 133 reading “who have.” Rothschild 1971. Lowndes 2509. Grolier English Hundred 54. Bookplates of Herbert S. Leon. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints rubbed, light wear; near fine. Item number: 270721
Title: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Author: [Sterne, Laurence] Place: London Publisher: T. Becket and P.A, DeHondt Date: 1768 Description: 2 volumes. (2), [i-iii], iv-xx, 203; (4), [1]-208 pp. With half titles and list of subscribers at front of Volume I. (8vo) 15.5x9.5 cm (6x3¾") later full red morocco, gilt-rule border, spines gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound by Johanna Birkenruth. First Edition. Sterne died just three weeks after publication. Following Tristam Shandy, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy was Sterne’s most-popular work. “The book was no doubt based on Sterne’s two journey’s abroad in 1762-4 and 1765. It was well received by the public…and is probably the first English novel to survive in the handwriting of its author” (Oxford Companion to English Literature, 885). Volume I in second state, p. 150 reading “vous.” Volume II in first state, p. 133 reading “who have.” Rothschild 1971. Lowndes 2509. Grolier English Hundred 54. Bookplates of Herbert S. Leon. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints rubbed, light wear; near fine. Item number: 270721
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