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The Works of Laurence Sterne (1790)

Description

This volume, the first of eight, contains the first part of Tristram Shandy.

The ‘black page’ images are printed on two facing pages.

History

‘M.D. Hon (?) Elphinstone’ is written in ink on the top of the title page.

Accession number

CCWSH: 0289a

Date

1790

Author

Laurence Sterne

Publisher

London: Printed for the Proprietors

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