Voyage sentimental suivi des Lettres d'Yorick à Eliza

New bilingual edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 6 figures on laid paper by Monsiau engraved by Patas, Pouquet, Miger & Dambrun. Reduction of the folio edition by the same publisher.
Late 19th-century binding in full green shagreen signed David. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 small fleurons. Boards decorated with a central medallion. Wide inner border. Gilt edges. Spine faded. Rubbing to raised bands and headcaps. Scattered foxing; handsome copy nonetheless, finely bound.
It was in 1765 that Sterne traveled through France and Italy, and it was upon his return that he decided to write a free, sentimental account of it, according to the traveler's mood, contrary to programmed journeys intended for objective knowledge. The book would be very successful. Like Yorick's Letters, the Sentimental Journey can be considered as a sequel or epilogue to Sterne's great novel: Tristram Shandy.