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The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Day Sterne Collection Sterne 61 v.1-6
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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.
- Genre:
- Stream of consciousness fiction.
- Experimental fiction.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Day, Geoffrey (former owner) (Day Sterne Collection copy)
- Mere Hall (Mere, Cheshire, England) (bookplate) (Day Sterne Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 6 volumes : illustrations ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The tenth edition.
- Distribution:
- London : Printed for J. Dodsley ..., MDCCLXXV [1775]
- Fingerprint:
- oto- l.ry a-in drbr (3) 1775 (R) v.1
- k)to n.m- ashe huan (3) 1775 (R) v.2
- inll owhe e.is niat (3) 1775 (R) v.3
- ngi, e?g- ina- cean (3) 1775 (R) v.4
- cese heis l-ry thpr (3) 1775 (R) v.5
- nen, ishe ade- thth (3) 1775 (R) v.6
- Notes:
- "Dedication in vol.4 signed: Laur. Sterne."--ESTC.
- Edition statement varies: volumes 3-6 each has: A new edition
- Imprint varies: volumes 4-6 each has: Printed for T. Becket, in the Strand. MDCCLXXV.
- Signatures: v. 1: A-O⁸ P⁴ Q² (leaf Q2 blank) ; v. 2: A-P⁸ ; v. 3: [A]² B-P⁸ Q⁶ (leaf Q3 unsigned; leaf Q5 signed Q3) ; v. 4: A⁴ B-P⁸ ; v. 5: [A]1 B-O⁸ P⁸(-P8) ; v. 6: [A]1 B-N⁸ O⁸(-O8).
- Pagination: v. 1: [6], 228, [2] pages ; v. 2: 238, [2] pages ; v. 3: 20, 23-180, 191-248 pages ; v. 4: [8], 224 pages ; v. 5: [2], 222 pages ; v. 6: [2], 205, [1] pages.
- "A marbled leaf is inserted in vol.3, between sigs C2-C3, forming pp.21,2."--ESTC.
- Bookseller's advertisements at end of volumes 2 and 6.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Day Sterne Collection copy acquired from Geoffrey Day in 2018.
- Day Sterne Collection copy: each volume has on front pastedown armorial bookplate ("MERE HALL" beneath crest: a badger passant proper) of the library of Mere Hall (Mere, Cheshire, England) and manuscript label ("39").
- Cited in:
- ESTC T14805
- OCLC:
- 6238784
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