NMLP P-038086 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne · [Ann Ward], York (vols I-II); R. and J. Dodsley, London (vols III-IV); T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, London (vols V-IX) · 1760

Sterne began signing genuine volumes to defeat piracy: his autograph signature in ink appears at the head of the first text page (B1) of Volumes V, VII and IX, and these signatures are CALLED FOR — an unsigned Vol

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-038086 for "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038086, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).