The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain [electronic resource] : To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines of verse].
1774
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The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain [electronic resource] : To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines of verse].
Uniform Title
Naufrage et aventures de Monsieur Pierre Viaud. English
Imprint
Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell in Third-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
Description
xii,144,[4],108,[4]p., [1]leaf of plates : ill. ; 12⁰.
Note
Each work has separate title page and pagination. The first, attributed by Evans to Jean Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle, is "Translated from the French by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Griffith," and has running title: The adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud.
The frontispiece, engraved by James Smither, is the only illustration. In some copies, the frontispiece is printed in red.
Error in paging: p. 60, 2nd count, misnumbered 50.
"Occasional elegy."--p. 106-108, 2nd count.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [ii]; prospectus for Michaijah Towgood's A dissent from the Church of England fully justified, [4] p. at end.
With an initial advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The frontispiece, engraved by James Smither, is the only illustration. In some copies, the frontispiece is printed in red.
Error in paging: p. 60, 2nd count, misnumbered 50.
"Occasional elegy."--p. 106-108, 2nd count.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [ii]; prospectus for Michaijah Towgood's A dissent from the Church of England fully justified, [4] p. at end.
With an initial advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 13257
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3128
English Short Title Catalog, W29514.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3128
English Short Title Catalog, W29514.
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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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