Author: STERNE Laurence
Title: The Works of Laurence Sterne with a Life of the Author Written by Himself in Four Volumes
Description: Printed for J. Johnson T. Becket, et al. 1808. 4 vols. 8vo (8¾ x 5½ ins). Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels, boards with gilt rolled borders and gilt tooled edges, matching marbled endpapers and edges (spines worn with small splits at edges and outer joints loosened - in protective covers). Pp. xvii + [5] + 489 + [3] blank [&] [iv] + 448 + [4] blank [&] xii + 426 + [4] blank [&] vii + 447 + [1] blank + [1] binder's directions + 5 blank, illus with 12 engraved plates, 1 coloured plate of marbling and numerous engravings on titles (plates rather toned; previous owner's inscriptions on front prelims of each of vol). .

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