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The letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to his most intimate friends : with a fragment in the manner of Rabelais. To which are prefix'd, memoirs of his life and family /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 (Author)
Other Authors: Becket, Thomas (Printer), Caldwall, James, 1739-1819 (Engraver)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for T. Becket, the corner of the Adelphi, in the Strand, 1775.
Subjects:
Sterne, Laurence, > 1713-1768 > Correspondence.
Novelists, English > 18th century > Correspondence > Early works to 1800.
English letters.
Romanciers anglais > 18e siècle > Correspondance > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Lettres anglaises (Genre littéraire)
Sterne, Laurence, > 1713-1768
English letters
Novelists, English
1700-1799
Letters. 18th century
Early works
Personal correspondence
Publishers' advertisements > 1775.
Booksellers' advertisements > England > London > 18th century.
Personal correspondence.
Description
Item Description:First edition; see Cambridge bibliography of English literature, volume 2, page 522.
Volume 1 has half-title.
Portrait of Madame de Medalle engraved by James Caldwall from a painting by Benjamin West.
Comprises 117 letters, including two from correspondents of Sterne. Letter 58 may be a forgery (see ESTC).
Pagination: volume 1: xx, 175 pages, 1 unnumbered page, [1] leaf of plates (frontispiece); volume 2: 2 unnumbered pages, 192 pages; volume 3: 2 unnumbered pages, 179 pages, 1 unnumbered page.
Publisher's advertisement follows text of volume one.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:3 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; 16 cm