Pietas et gratulatio collegii Cantabrigiensis apud Novanglos.

Author/creator Harvard College (1636-1780)
Other author George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 dedicatee.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBostoni-Massachusettensium : Typis J. Green & J. Russell, MDCCLXI [i.e., 1762]
Descriptionxiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 106 pages ; 26 cm (4to)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 8877. ^A478749
General notePoems written to celebrate the accession of George III, to whom the work is dedicated.
General noteAlthough dated 1761, publication was not authorized by Harvard College until January 5, 1762. Advertised in the Boston gazette, August 30, 1762 as "this day published." The advertisement continues, "This piece has been a considerable while printed: and a number of copies having been sent to England for the King and royal family, it was tho't proper to postpone the publishing of it here, till such time as it might be supposed the copies aforesaid had been presented."
General noteIssued on regular and fine paper. Two states of gathering G noted. In the first, p. 24, l. 14 reads "... peace distinguish'd ..."; in the second, "... peac edistinguish'd ..." Two states of gathering T noted. In the first, l. 14 reads "... videt haud Georgo"; in the second, "... nec Avo videbat". An errata slip is found mounted to blank leaf 2E2 of some copies. Fine paper copies have the second states of gatherings G and T. Cf. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 39 (1945): 321-322.
References Evans 8877
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8877).
Genre/formPoems 1762.

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