Illustrations of Sterne : with Other Essays and Verses.
Book Description
Second edition. 2 volumes bound as 1. Half calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt titles and blind tooling over patterned paper boards, marbled endpapers and matching marbled edges. 8vo., Vol. 1 xii, 193pp. Vol. 2 222pp. Previous owner s signatures on endpapers and annotation Best edition of this amusing and excellent book. Edwardes (?) p.793. on front endpaper. Edges, spine and corners rubbed but otherwise bright and attractive little book which discusses various aspects of Sterne s works.
Dealer Notes
The author was a medical doctor who studied the causes of diseases such as typhoid and their links to the living conditions of the poor.
Author
[Sterne] Ferriar, John M.D.
Date
1812
Binding
Half-calf
Publisher
Printed for Cadell and Davies
Illustrator
None
Condition
Good
Pages
Vol. 1 xii, 193pp. Vol. 2 222pp.
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