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The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

Accession number
PML 128162-70
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Published
[York : Printed by Ann Ward], 1760-1767.
Credit line
Gift of Mary, Viscountess Eccles in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows, 1999.
Notes
First editions of vol. 1-9.
Issued in 2-vol. installments in 1760, 1761, 1762, 1765, and v. 9 in 1767
Monkman attributes the printing of first two volumes to the press of Ann Ward in York. Imprints for v. 3-9 from title pages: v. 3-4, London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1761; v. 5-9, London : Printed for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, in the Strand, 1762-1767.
Sterne's name appears on recto of B1, vol. 5.
Frontispiece engraved by Ravenet after Hogarth: The Christening (vol. 3, marked for v. 4, p. 112).
Library's copy has authentication signatures at head of ch. 1 of vol. 5, 7, and 9. Collation as in Monkman, except preliminary blank leafs present in vols. 1 and 7, as per Wise's copy; preliminary blank leaf in vol. 7 not conjugate with t.p., which is tipped to B1 as usual (cf. Monkman p. 22, 28); with setting b (posteri/riori) in Dedication of vol. 9; there is off-setting visible on original wrappers in v. 2.
Description
9 v. : ill. ; 16 cm
Provenance
With the bookplates of Louis H. Silver, his sale, Sotheby's London, 8 Nov. 1965, lot 331; and bookplates of Donald & Mary Hyde (later Mary, Viscountess Eccles).
Binding
Original blue/grey boards (vol. 1) and original blue/grey wrappers (vol. 2-9), housed in 9 brown cloth chemises in 2 brown levant morocco cases by Zaehnsdorf.
Classification
Department