Shandyism and Sentiment, 1760-1800 by Oates, J. C. T - 1968

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1968. A lecture given in the Senate House at Cambridge on 18 March 1968 to mark the bicentenary of the death of Laurence Sterne. Oates was the Under-Librarian of the University Library, Cambridge. An edition of 1250 copies printed for the Cambridge Bibliographical Society.12mo, French-fold wraps, 31 pages, illustration of Stern on cover and as frontispiece, two other illustrations. Condition: VERY GOOD- with light cover-wear. The author's purpose "is to describe the vogue for things Shandean and sentimental mainly, but not entirely, as it is reflected in books published during the forty years which followed the appearance of the first two volumes of Tristram Shandy in 1760.". Limited Edition. Softcover. VG-.