Sterne rev mr (4 risultati)

Full-Leather. Condizione: Good to Fair. Early American Edition. Leather boards detatched, taped to spine, fep missing, title page clean, minor foxing, text tight, 323 pgs. Index. scarce early copy. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 8vo, pp. 58; 140; 157, 125; vi, 88; 101, full calf with gilt lettering and devices to spine, titles and volume number on red leather labels, much scuffed and marked, corners bumped, small piece coming adrift at base of spine, interior with marbled end papers, bookplate to fep, light foxing and toning throughout, all plates present, handling creases and one instance of page being torn, not to the detriment of the text, binding sound.…

Leather. Condizione: Good. Two volumes bound into one being a translation of Voltaire's philosophical fiction Zadig; or, The Book of Fate and a copy of Sterne's A Sentimental Journey. Cooke's Edition. Two volumes bound into one. Illustrated with a frontispiece and portrait plate to each volume, with numerous engraved decorations. This volume contains: Zadig; or the Book of Fate, An Oriental History, 1800. A novella and work of philosophical fiction that tells the story of Zadig, a Zoroastrian philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The singular narrative and unique journey of Zadig still stands as a philosophical reference to "nothing is either good or bad without the comparison of one with the other." Written by Francois-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian famous for his wit. Translated into English from the original French. Dated from the University of York Libraries. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, 1798. Following the Reverend Mr. Yorick on a picaresque journey through France, narrated from a sentimental point of view. Yorick is a character from Sterne's bestselling previous novel Tristram Shandy, who also serves as Sterne's alter ego. Written by Laurence Sterne, an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric best known for his comic novels. Dated from the British Library. Previously held in the library of Captain Sir Henry Duncan KCH, a prominent Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century, operating with great success against French and Italian shipping and shore fortifications in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars. Bound in full tree calf. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with light loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the extremities with the previous owner's bookplate and contemporary ink inscriptions to the front pastedown. Good. None (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good +. First Edition. 12mo, 3 volumes., 175pp., 192pp., 177pp. A very good or better set in contemporary brown calf. Some wear to the corners of the boards, but overall quite nice considering its age and unrestored state. Marbled endpapers. Text is clean, crisp, and bright, though there are a few contemporary pen annotations (filling in some names to the blanks in the text) and a few previous owner's markings on the first two free blanks.…