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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia : An Asiatic tale. : The two volumes complete in one. Volume the first[-second]. : [Five lines from La Rochfoucauld].

Author/creator Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Other author/creatorDawkins, Henry, -1786?, engraver.
Other author/creatorClaypoole, James, 1720-1784?, engraver.
Included WorkJohnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Voyage of life.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Philadelphia] America : Printed [by Robert Bell] for every purchaser, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Description192 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Uniform titleRasselas
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10939. ^A478749
General noteAttributed to Samuel Johnson in the Dictionary of national biography.
General noteThe first American edition. Cf. Rosenbach.
General noteFrontispiece probably the work of Henry Dawkins or James Claypoole. Cf. Hildeburn.
General notePlace of publication and printer's name supplied by Evans.
General note"The voyage of life. By Samuel Johnson ..."--p. [189]-192.
References Evans 10939
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2368
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 60
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. 10939).
Genre/formNovels.

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