Original letters of the late reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne; never before published
Publisher: Printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by T. Longman …
Published: 1788
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> 12mo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [4], 216. Signatures: [A]² B-K¹². There are two copies in this collection. The present one is in morocco by Rivière and is uncut. It has gilt filets and corner ornaments inside boards margins, a gilded spine title, and a spine on 5 bars. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Collection of letters of the popular novelist Laurence Sterne. Most if not all of the 39 letters are forgeries, thought to be by William Combe. Only numbers 8, 23, and 35 may be genuine. See also ESTC, T14810.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039120179707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>