The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768, author.

Contributor:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, illustrator.

Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, engraver.

Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, publisher.

Becket, Thomas, publisher.

Geoffrey Day Collection of Laurence Sterne (University of Pennsylvania)

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

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.

Genre:

Stream of consciousness fiction.

Experimental fiction.

Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

6 volumes : 1 illustration ; 16 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The ninth edition.

Fingerprint:

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k)to n.s- ashe huan (3) 1772 (R) v.2

inll owhe e.is niat (3) 1773 (R) v.3

teve meof ina- cean (3) 1772 (R) v.4

nen, ishe ade- thth (3) 1772 (R) v.5

ngi, c-ch l-ry thpr (3) 1772 (R) v.6

Place of Publication:

London: : Printed for J. Dodsley ..., MDCCLXXIII [i.e. 1772-1773]

Notes:

Anonymous. By Laurence Sterne; author's name appears for the first time at end of the dedication in v. 4.

Edition, imprint, and date vary: volume 2: MDCCLXXII ; volume 3: A new edition. MDCCLXXIII ; volume 4-6: A new edition. London : Printed for T. Becket, in the Strand, MDCCLXXII.

Signatures: v. 1: A-O⁸ P⁴ Q² (leaf Q2 blank) ; v. 2: A-P⁸ ; v. 3: [A]² B⁸ C⁸(C2+chi1) D-P⁸ Q⁴ R² ; v. 4: [A]² B-P⁸ ; v. 5: [A]1 B-O⁸ P⁸(-P8) ; v. 6: pi1 A² B-O⁸.

Pagination: v. 1: [6], 228, [2] pages ; v. 2: 238, [2] pages ; v. 3: [4], 180, 191-248 pages ; v. 4: [4], 224 pages ; v. 5: [2], 222 pages ; v. 6: [6], 205, [3] pages.

Engraved frontispiece illustration in volume 1 signed: W. Hogarth, invt. S. Ravenet sculpt.

With a marbled leaf inserted as pages 21-22 of volume 3, and a leaf printed entirely in black as pages 67-68 of volume 1, with no loss of text.

"Books printed for J. Dodsley.": Volume 2, leaf P8r.

Local Notes:

Day Sterne Collection copy imperfect: volumes 1-3 and 5 only. Title leaf of volume 2 wanting.

Day Sterne Collection copy: volumes 1-2 and 5 each has a few manuscript marks in pencil in text; volume 3 has early manuscript note ("Shall we[?] make you[?] one tomorrow") on verso of front free endpaper.

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

Day Sterne Collection copy: volume 3: leaves Q1-R2 bound in out of order as follows: Q1, Q4, R1, Q2, Q3, R2. Leaves Q1v and Q2r have manuscript directions to the reader in pencil.

Cited in:

ESTC T14795

OCLC:

44827672