Juvenile poems on various subjects [electronic resource] : With The prince of Parthia, a tragedy. By the late Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr. of Philadelphia. To which is prefixed, some account of the author and his writings. [One line from Horace].
1765
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Juvenile poems on various subjects [electronic resource] : With The prince of Parthia, a tragedy. By the late Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr. of Philadelphia. To which is prefixed, some account of the author and his writings. [One line from Horace].
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Philadelphia : printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street, MDCCLXV. [1765]
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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xxvi,[2],223,[1]p. ; 4⁰.
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"The Prince of Parthia is the earliest dramatic production by a native American author published in the American colonies."--Evans.
The account of Godfrey is by Nathaniel Evans.
Subscribers' names, p. xxiii-xxvi.
Errata, p. [xxviii].
"Elegy, to the memory of Mr Thomas Godfrey."--p. 1-4, signed: J. [i.e., John] Green. "Elegy to the memory of the same."--p. 5-7, signed: N. [i.e., Nathaniel] Evans.
Microopaque only contains "The prince of Parthia".
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The account of Godfrey is by Nathaniel Evans.
Subscribers' names, p. xxiii-xxvi.
Errata, p. [xxviii].
"Elegy, to the memory of Mr Thomas Godfrey."--p. 1-4, signed: J. [i.e., John] Green. "Elegy to the memory of the same."--p. 5-7, signed: N. [i.e., Nathaniel] Evans.
Microopaque only contains "The prince of Parthia".
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 9983
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2129
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 183
Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 119
English Short Title Catalog, W20606.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2129
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 183
Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 119
English Short Title Catalog, W20606.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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