The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. : [Two lines of verse].
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
| Series: | Early American imprints.
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 144, [4], 108, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm (12mo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |