A funeral discourse occasioned by the much lamented death of Mr. Yorick, prebendary of Y--k and author of the much admired Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy : preached before a very mixed society of jemmies, jessamies, Methodists and Christians, at a nocturnal meeting in Petticoat Lane, and now published at the unanimous request of the hearers / by Christopher Flagellan ... and enriched with the notes of various commentators.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flagellan, Christopher.

Contributor:

Geoffrey Day Collection of Laurence Sterne (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.

Sterne, Laurence.

Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman (Sterne, Laurence).

Penn Provenance:

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

Challinor, William E. (William Edward), 1852-1926 (bookplate) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Miller, Peter B. (autograph) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 48 pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

Distribution:

London : Printed for W. Nicoll ..., MDCCLXI [1761]

Other Title:

Half-title: Alass! Poor Yorick! Or, a funeral discourse, &c.

Fingerprint:

utan s.r- s.ng "n"g (3) 1761 (R)

Notes:

"A satire upon Laurence Sterne."--ESTC.

"Christopher Flagellan is a pseudonym."--ESTC.

Signatures: A-G⁴.

Woodcut head-piece.

Local Notes:

Day Sterne Collection copy imperfect: leaf A1 (half-title leaf) wanting.

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

Day Sterne Collection copy has armorial bookplate of William E. Challinor, possibly to be identified with William Edward Challinor (1852-1926), on front pastedown.

Day Sterne Collection copy has manuscript note from Peter B. Miller to Geoffrey Day dated 15 November 1991 in blue ink on letterhead of Ken Spelman laid in.

Cited in:

ESTC T128594

OCLC:

27277681