A facsimile reproduction of a unique catalogue of Laurence Sterne's library / with a preface by Charles Whibley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768, collector.

Contributor:

James Tregaskis (Firm), publisher.

Edgar H. Wells & Co., publisher.

Geoffrey Day Collection of Laurence Sterne (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768--Library--Catalogs.

Sterne, Laurence.

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.

Early printed books--England--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Early printed books.

England.

Rare books--England--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Rare books.

Private libraries--England--Catalogs.

Private libraries.

Libraries.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Thomas Randolph (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Day, Geoffrey (former owner) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Lambert, Samuel W. (Samuel Waldron), 1859-1942 (bookplate) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Grove, Lee Edmonds, 1909-1971 (bookplate) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Physical Description:

14, 94 pages ; 24 cm

Manufacture:

[Plaistow, London] : Printed in England at the Curwen Press.

Other Title:

Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of books among which are included the entire library of the late Reverend and learned Laurence Sterne ... Which will begin to be sold ... on Thursday, August 25, 1768 ...

Place of Publication:

London : James Tregaskis & Son ... ; New York : Edgar H. Wells & Co. ..., 1930.

Notes:

"This edition consists of 150 copies, for sale in England by James Tregaskis and Son, and 180 copies sold in the United States by Edgar H. Wells & Co., Inc."--Limitation statement.

Includes title leaf of original edition which reads: A catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of books, among which are included the entire library of the late reverend and learned Laurence Sterne ... which will begin to be sold exceeding cheap (the prices printed in the catalogue) on Tuesday, August 23, 1768 ... by J. Todd and H. Sotheran. Published in 1768 in York.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Day Sterne Collection copy acquired from Geoffrey Day in 2018.

Day Sterne Collection copy has armorial bookplate ("EX LIBRIS SAMUEL W. LAMBERT.") of Samuel W. Lambert on front pastedown; illustrated bookplate ("EX LIBRIS LEE EDMONDS GROVE") of Lee Edmonds Grove on front pastedown.

Day Sterne Collection copy: edges untrimmed.

Other Format:

Online version: Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of books. Facsimile reproduction of a unique catalogue of Laurence Sterne's library.

OCLC:

2295700