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Voyage sentimental, suivi des lettres d'Yorick à Eliza
Author: Laurence Sterne (English, 1713–1768)
Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Engraved by: Gérard René Levillain (French, 1740–1836)
Publisher: Dufour (Firm) (18th century)
Printer: Pierre-Nicolas Firmin Didot (French, active from 1795)
Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Engraved by: Gérard René Levillain (French, 1740–1836)
Publisher: Dufour (Firm) (18th century)
Printer: Pierre-Nicolas Firmin Didot (French, active from 1795)
1799
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 13.2 x 8.7 x 2.2 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1681a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris and Amsterdam: Didot le jeune, for J. E. Gabriel Dufour, l'an VII [1799]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 958
Description(Paris and Amsterdam: Didot le jeune, for J. E. Gabriel Dufour, l'an VII [1799]) Duodecimo, three vols.; [v. 1] 120 leaves, plus 2 plates; [v. 2] 115 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 3] 140 ll., plus 1 plate; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.
Literary illustrations. The smaller-format edition of two published in 1799 with illustrations after Monsiau and English and French text on facing pages. The plates in this edition are reduced copies of those in the quarto (MFA copy, with added proofs: 37.2395).
Literary illustrations. The smaller-format edition of two published in 1799 with illustrations after Monsiau and English and French text on facing pages. The plates in this edition are reduced copies of those in the quarto (MFA copy, with added proofs: 37.2395).
ProvenanceAcquired in Paris in 1910 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.