| Three Old Volumes Donated by Burke, Dr. Eldon R. | MC2011/108a,b,c | The three volumes described are the gifts of Dr. Eldon R. Burke. At the time received, they represent the 100,000th volume of the library and the first volumne of the Library's second 100,000 volumes. MC2011/108a: 1793 edition of the nine volumes of "Tristram Shandy," by Laurence Sterne. MC2011/108b: 1753 edition of "The Spectator, Volume 2." It includes the daily issues from Saturday, 2 June to Thursday, 13 September of 1711. MC2011/108c: Volume 4 of a 1754 edition of "The Tatler." |
