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Juvenile poems on various subjects. : With The prince of Parthia, a tragedy. / By the late Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr. of Philadelphia. ; To which is prefixed, some account of the author and his writings. ; [One line from Horace].
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 9983
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Godfrey, Thomas, 1736-1763.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9983.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Godfrey, Thomas, 1736-1763.
- Godfrey, Thomas.
- Genre:
- Poems -- 1765.
- Elegies.
- Anthologies.
- Plays -- 1765.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Physical Description:
- xxvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 223 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm (4to)
- 4x6 in.
- monochrome
- service copy
- negative
- Other Title:
- Prince of Parthia.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, : printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street., MDCCLXV. [1765]
- Notes:
- "The Prince of Parthia is the earliest dramatic production by a native American author published in the American colonies."--Evans.
- The account of Godfrey is by Nathaniel Evans.
- Subscribers' names, p. xxiii-xxvi.
- Errata, p. [xxviii].
- "Elegy, to the memory of Mr Thomas Godfrey."--p. 1-4, signed: J. [i.e., John] Green. "Elegy to the memory of the same."--p. 5-7, signed: N. [i.e., Nathaniel] Evans.
- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9983).
- Cited in:
- Evans 9983
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2129
- Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 183
- Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 119
- OCLC:
- 62800547
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