Author: Sterne, Laurence.
Title: La vie et les opinions de Tristram Shandy. 4 Vols.
Description: Traduites de l'Anglois de Stern par M. Frénais. A Londres : [s.n.], 1784-1785. 4 Volumes. Contemp. mottled calf bindings. viii,xii,310; iv,377; iv,379; iv,388 pp. ('Editions Cazin' gilt-stamped on lower spines). 13x10 cm. With engraved frontispiece portrait. Plates in vol. 1 (p. 70-71, 258); vol. 2 (150, 292); vol. 3 (p. 188); vol. 4 (p. 81). Upper & lower spines short. Worn on edges. Letterpiece vol. 2 missing. All published. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Vols. 1-2 translated by J.P. Frénais; the avis du traducteur to vols. 3-4 unsigned. The imprint is false; published in Paris by Hubert Martin Cazin. Interesting French pirate edition of French translation of : The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or Tristram Shandy) by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years. It purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices. The publication of Tristram Shandy made Sterne famous in London and on the continent. He was delighted by the attention, famously saying I wrote not [to] be fed but to be famous. He spent part of each year in London, being fêted as new volumes appeared.

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