And here, the best book I own: a gem from Paris, 1800, printed by the Didot famille. It is in excellent condition with gilted pages, (fittingly) marble pastedowns, and raised bands. I really love this edition of A Sentimental Journey, especially how the French punctuation is a bit different. Rather than Sterne's em-dashes (--), the text makes use of the equals sign (=). Does it alter the meaning? A modernists wet-dream...
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