The posthumous works of a late celebrated genius, deceased. In two volumes
Published: 1770
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
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;"> 2 volumes in 1 8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [ii], iv, [v], iv-viii, 216; pp. [2] (blank), xi, [12]-214, [2] pages (last blank), f. [1] (blank). Signatures: a⁸⁻¹ A-N⁸ O⁴ (G₄ signed G₂); π²⁻¹ A-N⁸ O⁴. Calf, gilded tooled edges, gilded spine with black lettering panel.</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;">A spurious ‘autobiography’, written in the style of Tristram Shandy. Ascribed to Richard Griffith the elder; also attributed to his son, Richard. It was later published as part of Laurence Sterne’s ‘Works,’ and under the title ‘The Koran.’ See also W.L. Cross, Life and times of Laurence Sterne. New York, 1925 vol. 2, p. 194.</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/alma991039120299707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>