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Poems on various subjects, religious and moral
Title
Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / by Phillis Wheatley, negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England.
Publication
London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate; and sold by Messers. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston, MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
Physical Description
v, [4], 10-124, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 18 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN Vanderbilt 175: Binder's ticket: W.S. Hiltz.
Notes
The second edition. Stoddard identifies the second edition as a line for line resetting of the first edition of 1773. The primary distinguishing characteristics of the second edition are the space of 6 milimeters between the "London" and "Printed for ..." lines on the title page imprint and all gatherings having vertical chainlines. Other textual variations are enumerated in Stoddard.
Dedicated to the Countess of Huntingdon.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁴.
"The following is a copy of a letter sent by the author's master to the publisher. ..."--page [6], signed by John Wheatley.
"Contents."--pages [1-3] at end.
Bookseller's advertisement, page [4] at end.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 18, 2019
References
Stoddard, R.E. Bibliographical description of books and pamphlets of American verse printed from 1610 through 1820, 237
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Genre/Form
Bookseller's advertisements.
Binders' tickets (Binding)
Also listed under
Cox & Berry, bookseller.
England London.
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