The sermons of Mr. Yorick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768, author.

Contributor:

R. and J. Dodsley, bookseller.

Geoffrey Day Collection of Laurence Sterne (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England--Sermons--Early works to 1800.

Church of England.

Sermons, English--18th century.

Sermons, English.

Sermons.

Penn Provenance:

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

Foxcroft, Thomas Hammond, 1765-1821 (bookplate) (Day Sterne Collection 95)

Penrose, Eliza (autograph) (Day Sterne Collection 96)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : portrait ; 17 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Distribution:

London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ..., MDCCLXI [1761]

Other Title:

Half-title: Sermons by Laurence Sterne, A.M. Prebendary of York, and Vicar of Sutton on the Forest, and of Stillington near York

Fingerprint:

alda e.V. ound tofo (3) 1761 (R) v.1

E.I. s,nd d.me meot (7) 1761 (A) v.2

Notes:

"Mr. Yorick" is Laurence Sterne. See ESTC.

Signatures: volume 1: [A]⁴ a⁴ B-O⁸ ; volume 2: A-N⁸ O⁴.

Pagination: volume 1: xi, [10], 2-203, [1] pages ; volume 2: 216 pages.

Woodcut title ornaments.

Local Notes:

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

Day Sterne Collection 95: each volume has bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft (1765-1821) affixed to front pastedown.

Day Sterne Collection 96 imperfect: volume 1: leaf [A]1 (portrait) wanting.

Day Sterne Collection 96 has illegible manuscript inscription in ink on front pastedown.

Day Sterne Collection 96 has dated 19th-century autograph ("Eliza Penrose April 23d 1831") on front free endpaper; partially illegible manuscript inscription ("Eliza Penrose made and pr[...] this book.") in pencil on back pastedown.

Cited in:

ESTC T14813

OCLC:

37648985