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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (page 1/3)

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[picture: Front Cover]

Extracts and pictures from A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne, with illustrations by Maurice Leloir, Comprising 220 drawings in the text, and 12 full-page compositions.

The full-page plates are photogravures using the Goupil process. I bought my copy for $50 in Decemer 2007 at a bookstore in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, but it has water damage.

Title: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Author: Sterne, Laurence

Published by: J. B. Lippincott & co.

City: Philadelphia

Date: 1885

Total items: 18

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Postilion galloping uphill]

Postilion galloping uphill

A passenger in a two-wheeled carriage (a chaise) is being pulled up a steep hill by a pair of horses, the driver, or postilion, is gesturing up the hill. [more...] [$]

[picture: Presented with the passport]

Presented with the passport

the Count de B—— entered, with my passport in his hand. (p. 147) [more...] [$]

[picture: The Grace]

The Grace

If the supper was to my taste, the grace which followed it was much more so. (p. 202) [more...] [$]

[picture: Flying cherub firing an arrow]

Flying cherub firing an arrow

A winged cupid, a naked boy with wings sprouting from his shoulder-blades, holds an arrow ready to fire. Where his arrow lands, [more...] [$]

[picture: Maria]

Maria

A photogravure: Maria. Here, a girl sits by a river-bank petting her dog; she has a flute on her lap, wears her long hair loose, and has a lace bodice. Next to her sits a man (the author), wearing a hat and coat, and shoes with knee-length [...] [more...] [$]


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