A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters

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Author

Moore, John, 1729-1802.

Title

A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy: [microform] : with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. / Written by John Moore, M.D. during his travels through those countries, with His Grace, the present Duke of Hamilton. ; [Three lines of verse from Horace translated by Francis] ; The first volume.

Published

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street., MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]

Physical Description

viii, [1], 10-281, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes

Dedicated to Douglas, Duke of Hamilton.

Issued in three numbers, the second and third with half-titles. With a note at the end of the third number: "The end of the second volume. According to the London edition; being the completion of Moore's elegant travels through France, Switzerland, and Germany. Number first--price one dollar, of Moore's elegant travels through Italy, will be published about three weeks from this date. ..."

Signatures: [A]⁶ B-Z⁴ [2A]⁴ 2B-2L⁴ 2M².

"Translation from the Italian of Ariosto's Description of the Gardens in Alcina's Inchanted [sic] Island."--p. [195]. Translated by Philip Freneau; see BAL.

The first and third numbers include bookseller's advertisements.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18036).

Format

Books / Microforms

Language

English

Added to Catalog

June 01, 2002

Series

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18036.

References

Evans, C. American bibliography, 18036