Dem Andenken deutscher Dichter und Philosophen gewidmet von Deutschen in Amerika [electronic resource] : Erster Band[.].
1796
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Dem Andenken deutscher Dichter und Philosophen gewidmet von Deutschen in Amerika [electronic resource] : Erster Band[.].
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Baltimore : Bey G. Keatinge, 1796.
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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German
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[6], iv, [2], 324 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8⁰.
Note
The volume, announced as the first of a series devoted to the works of German authors, contains Salomon Gessner's Der Tod Abels, Daphnis, and Die Nacht. No more published.
Dedicated to George Washington.
"G. Keatinge was probably the publisher only, while the very neat print (in Roman type) was the work of Samuel Saur."--Seidensticker, p. 142. Seidensticker's assertion notwithstanding, the edition may have been printed in Germany.
Title page engraved, and conjugate with the engraved frontispiece depicting Gessner and signed: F. Bolt sc. Berlin 1796.
Error in paging: p. 121 misnumbered 112.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Dedicated to George Washington.
"G. Keatinge was probably the publisher only, while the very neat print (in Roman type) was the work of Samuel Saur."--Seidensticker, p. 142. Seidensticker's assertion notwithstanding, the edition may have been printed in Germany.
Title page engraved, and conjugate with the engraved frontispiece depicting Gessner and signed: F. Bolt sc. Berlin 1796.
Error in paging: p. 121 misnumbered 112.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 29989
English Short Title Catalog, W18561.
English Short Title Catalog, W18561.
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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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