A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy: 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.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Moore, John, 1729-1802.

Contributor:

Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.

Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799, dedicatee.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18036.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Social life and customs--17th century.

France.

Manners and customs.

Germany--Social life and customs.

Germany.

Switzerland--Social life and customs.

Switzerland.

Genre:

Travel literature.

Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

viii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 10-281 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (8vo)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

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

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. ..."

"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).

Cited in:

Evans 18036

BAL 6427

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4321

OCLC:

55831935