What is obscured...

... in

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Sterne, Laurence

Published by T Cadell, London (1794)
Item Description: T Cadell, London, 1794. Full-Leather. Book Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes, (iv) 26-347: 299; 234pp, contemporary tree calf (slightly worn), joints cracked or starting, gilt ruled spines with black morocco labels, pp 327 & 328 in vol 1 (O8) have been pasted over with marbled paper (however chapter 36 ends on p326 and chapter 37 starts on p329 so it is not clear what is obscured), some light spotting and browning, 12mo (10.5x17.5cm). Bookseller Inventory # 10008"

we found out in the copy of the very same edition:

"Sterne, Lawrence: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman Volume I-III "T. Cadell. Published in London 1794. (4)+ pp25-347; (2)+299; (1)+234 s. Bound in 3 later (ca. 1860), defective calf spine bindings, spines gilt. Former owner's signatures removed by rubbing. Text blocks tight. Some foxing to contents. Vol 2 wateredged. ¶ Vol I lacking pp 1-24. So the book contains title, dedication leaf and then streight to Chapter 1. We are not shure that something is really missing ... !

allerede solgt · spørg Aabenhus Aarhus Antikvariat, Århus C (DK) · ABH143909 ·"

So, it seems that the printer of the 1794 Cadell edition left it to the bookbinder, to cover the pages with "the best marbled paper" in his stock. But in this, he did not. ———"Pox take the fellow!"*

*) http://sterneetcetera.blogspot.dk/2015/07/small-curses-upon-great-occasions.html