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The sorrows of Werter : A German story. : [Two lines of quotations] : Vol. I[-II].

Author/creator Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Other author/creatorMalthus, Daniel, 1730- translator.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoLitchfield, (Connecticut) : Printed by Thomas Collier, M.DCC.XXXIX [i.e., 1789]
Description4 unnumbered pages, 94 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 97 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 16 cm (12mo)
Uniform titleWerther. English
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21859
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21859. ^A478749
General noteThe translation, wrongly attributed to Richard Graves, was probably made by Daniel Malthus from the French version of Georges Deyverdun. Cf. Die erste englische Ausgabe des "Werther." Jahrbuch der Sammlung Kippenberg V (1925): p. 13ff.
General noteDate of publication on title page of v. 2 corrected to M,DCC,LXXXIX.
General noteSignatures: [A]² B-E⁴⁻² F⁴ 2E-2F⁶ G-R⁶ S⁴ (S4 verso blank).
General noteErrors in paging: v. 1, p. 68 and v. 2, p. 81, misnumbered 36 and 61.
References Evans 21859
References Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 2188
References Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 2189
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21859).

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