The history of Pennsylvania, in North America : from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendix. / Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin] ; Volume I[-II].

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Proud, Robert, 1728-1813.

Contributor:

Barralet, John James, approximately 1747-1815, engraver.

Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 32729.

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34421.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Penn, William, 1644-1718--Portraits.

Society of Friends.

Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Pennsylvania.

History.

New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New Jersey.

New Sweden--History.

Genre:

Maps -- Pennsylvania.

Portraits.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : 1 map, 1 portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street., 1797[-1798].

Notes:

Imprint of v. 2 varies: Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut-Street, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America. 1798.

Frontispiece portrait of William Penn (v. 1) signed: J.J. Barralet direxit. [Alexander] Lawson sculp. Drawn from the original bust in the Loganian Library Philadelphia 1 Novr 1797.

Map of Pennsylvania (v. 2) engraved by James Thackara.

Vol. 1: 508 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 373, [1], 146 p., [1] folded leaf of plates.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 32729).

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34421).

Cited in:

Evans 32729

Evans 34421

OCLC:

55820323