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Lot 229
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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STERNE, Laurence (1713-1768). A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768.
2 volumes, 16mo (144 mm x 90 mm). Half-titles; 16pp. subscribers' list in vol. I. Contemporary calf, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spines and endpapers, neat repairs to corners); cloth folding case. Provenance: C. Marlborough (signatures on titles); Abel E. Berland (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Vol. I is Rothschild's variant 2 with "vous" on p.150; Vol. II is Rothschild’s variant 1 with "who have" on p.133. "The real journey immortalized in the story was made in October, 1765... in December, 1767, two volumes were completed, and on February 27, the work was published... On the eighteenth of March, Sterne died" (Grolier). ESTC T14747; Grolier English 54; Rothschild 1971.
FIRST EDITION. Vol. I is Rothschild's variant 2 with "vous" on p.150; Vol. II is Rothschild’s variant 1 with "who have" on p.133. "The real journey immortalized in the story was made in October, 1765... in December, 1767, two volumes were completed, and on February 27, the work was published... On the eighteenth of March, Sterne died" (Grolier). ESTC T14747; Grolier English 54; Rothschild 1971.
Property from the Annette Perlman Trust