Lot 166
Sterne (Laurence) Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, with Twelve Illustrative Prints, Designed and Etched by Richard Newton, for William Holland, 1795.
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Sterne (Laurence) Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, with Twelve Illustrative Prints, Designed and Etched by Richard Newton, 12 hand-coloured etched plates after Newton, lightly offset, a couple small ink marks to title, some spotting and light browning, some light marginal soiling to plates, occasional light water-staining to text, a few leaves starting to work loose, one plate and text leaf detached, contemporary half calf, loss to spine foot, quite worn, large 8vo, for William Holland, 1795.
⁂ Scarce, we can trace only one other copy of this edition at auction in the last 70 years.
Description
Sterne (Laurence) Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, with Twelve Illustrative Prints, Designed and Etched by Richard Newton, 12 hand-coloured etched plates after Newton, lightly offset, a couple small ink marks to title, some spotting and light browning, some light marginal soiling to plates, occasional light water-staining to text, a few leaves starting to work loose, one plate and text leaf detached, contemporary half calf, loss to spine foot, quite worn, large 8vo, for William Holland, 1795.
⁂ Scarce, we can trace only one other copy of this edition at auction in the last 70 years.