The novel can be seen as an epilogue to the possibly unfinished work The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and also as an answer to Tobias Smollett's decidedly unsentimental Travels through France and Italy. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning determined to describe his travels from a sentimental point of view. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Excellent condition with only minor signs of shelf wear.
Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Some very light scuffing and rubbing to binding extremities and corners, else books are near bright and near fine. Top edges gilt and pages untrimmed in both volumes. Full polished calf with red morocco spine label stamped in gilt and marbled endpapers. Typography and composition by Margaret B. Pictorial titles printed in brown and gray in addition to the printed titles. It operated for almost three decades before it closed its doors in 1969. The Overbrook Press went on to print a diverse array of books and pamphlets, as well as ephemera. He hired Evans as a designer and compositor and John MacNamara as pressman. Altschul set up a press on his Stamford farm. Evans, who had been working for Ashlar Press, which was in the process of closing. Altschul first pursued printing as a hobby and experimented with it in his apartment. The Overbrook Press was founded in 1934 in Stamford, Connecticut, by Frank Altschul, an investment banker and civic leader, who was interested in printing.
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