Voyage sentimental, suivi des Lettres d'Yorick a Eliza,. En anglais et en français. Nouvelle édition, dont la traduction française a été entièrement revue et corrigée sur le text anglais. 2 vols.

With 6 full-page engravings by Patas (3), Dambrun, Miger, and Pauquet, after Monsiau. 4 leaves, 209 pp.; 2 leaves, 227 pp. Large 4to (c. 330 x 260 mm). Contemp. red morocco, spines gilt, triple gilt fillet around sides, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Paris and Amsterdam, (Didot le jeune for) J. E. Gabriel Dufour, successeur de Defer de Maisonneuve), n. d., (1799). Large paper copy on papier vélin of this work by the celebrated author of "Tristram Shandy". Sterne's (1713-1768) classic "Sentimental Journey" is present here in a bilingual English and French edition, introduced by a "Notice sur la vie et les écrits de L. Sterne". The six charming engravings after Monsiau all before letters. The text is handsomely printed in both languages on facing pages. - Occasionally some foxing, otherwise a nice copy. - Cohen/de Ricci 957-58 ("Très belle édition"); Lewine 515-16; Sander 1853; Brunet V, 533 ("charmant ouvrage"). ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ; yes ; LITERATURE: ENGLISH ; LITERATURE: FRENCH ;