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Emma Corbett: exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters
Title
Emma Corbett: [microform] : exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters. / Published by Courtney Melmoth, author of The pupil of pleasure, &c. &c. ; [Four lines from Pratt] ; The first[-third and last] volume.
Published
Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street., MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]
Physical Description
3 v. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Notes
First published at Bath and London in 1780 under title: Emma Corbett; or, The miseries of civil war. Founded on some recent circumstances which happened in America.
"Courtney Melmoth" is a pseudonym of Samuel Jackson Pratt.
Signatures: v. 1, [A]⁴ B-F⁴; v. 2, [A]⁴ B-F⁴; v. 3, [A]⁴ B-F⁴.
Vol. 1: 48 p.; v. 2: 48 p.; v. 3: 48 p.
"A speech on the probability of a happy marriage addressed by a father to his daughter. From the French of John James Rousseau."--v. 3, p. 45-48.
Bookseller's advertisements, v. 1, p. 48, v. 2, p. 48, v. 3, p. [2] and 48.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44443).
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B5789
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 44443
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Booksellers' advertisements - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
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United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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