Live veiling - Lot 1501
Voyage sentimental, par M. Sterne, sous le nom d'Yorick, traduit de l'anglais par M. Frenais.
STERNE, Laurence
€ 120 / 160
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Beschrijving lot
Liège, C. Plomteux, 1770
2 pts in 1 vol., 18mo: [4]-vi-[2]-236, [4]-224 pp. (pt. 1: sm. stain on the bottom of the 1st lvs).
Contemp. half brown sheepskin with corners, mottled brown paper on boards, flat gilt and decorated spine, red sprinkled edges (rubbed, whitened, some wormholes on spine, sm. lacks on upper turn-in, endpapers renewed).
Rare Liège edition of the first French translation, by Joseph-Pierre Frenais (1st ed.: Amsterdam, 1769) of this account of the journey made by the author in 1765 ("A sentimental journey through France and Italy", London, 1768), narrating his love affairs; it is considered an epilogue to his famous novel "Tristram Shandy". Numerous tailpieces.
Réf. De Theux 620 (quote the editor's cat.). - UniCat (only 1 copy : Univ. of Liège). - Not in ESTC.