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The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Day Sterne Collection Sterne 6 v.1-6
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3714 .T7 1783 v. 1 (parts 1-3) v. 2 (parts 4-6)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--Authorship--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- Fiction.
- Infants--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- Infants.
- Fetus--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- Fetus.
- English fiction--18th century.
- English fiction.
- Fiction--Authorship.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Stream of consciousness fiction.
- Experimental fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bristoe, M. (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Day, Geoffrey (former owner) (Day Sterne Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 6 volumes : illustrations ; 13 cm (12mo)
- Distribution:
- London : Printed for Joseph Wenman ..., 1783.
- Fingerprint:
- fIt) lfet erly peIb (3) 1783 (A) v.1
- lyra l.ew d-:- _ssi (3) 1783 (A) v.2
- vey, ndnd .)up beSl (7) 1783 (R) v.3
- ngi, ngof o.er SaTi (7) 1783 (R) v.4
- f.i- hes, t.d, mywi (7) 1783 (R) v.5
- tohe ndmy hex- epno (7) 1783 (R) v.6
- Notes:
- "Anonymous. By Laurence Sterne."--ESTC.
- Signatures: v. 1: B-E¹² F⁸(-F8) ; v. 2: A⁴ B-E¹² F⁴ ; v. 3: A-E¹² (leaf E12 blank) ; v. 4: A-E¹² ; v. 5: A-D¹² E⁸ (leaf E8 blank) ; v. 6: A⁴ B-D¹² E⁸.
- Pagination: v. 1: vi, [1], 6-109, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; v. 2: 111, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; v. 3: [2], 5-14, 17-93, 104-131, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates ; v. 4: [8], 11-121, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; v. 5: [2], 5-110, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; v. [2], 5-98 pages, [1] leaf of plates.
- Each volume has frontispiece engraving by Goldar, Birrell or Lemercier from drawings by Dodd.
- Woodcut illustrations.
- Volume 3 has marbled plate between pages 14 and 17.
- Volume 5 has bookseller's advertisement on leaf E7.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has bookplate "M Bristoe, Southwell."
- Singer-Mendenhall copy with 6 parts bound in 2 volumes.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy acquired from Addison & Sarova Auctioneers (Lot 339, August 20, 2016 sale)
- Day Sterne Collection copy bound in 2 volumes.
- Day Sterne Collection copy: each volume has partially illegible dated manuscript inscription ("[...]RES. Nov. 5..1785") on front pastedown.
- Kislak Center Day Sterne Collection copy acquired from Geoffrey Day in 2018.
- Day Sterne Collection copy: first volume has folded yellow paper slip with bookseller's typescript description of this copy laid in.
- Cited in:
- ESTC N33621
- OCLC:
- 61655469
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