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Fragments of the history of Bawlfredonia : containing an account of the discovery and settlement, of that great southern continent : and of the formation and progress of the Bawlfredonian commonwealth / By Herman Thwackius ; Translated from the original Bawlfredonian manuscript, into the French language, by Monsieur Traducteur, and rendered into English, by a citizen of America.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clopper, Jonas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bawlfredonia (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
- Bawlfredonia (Imaginary place).
- Politics and government.
- United States--History--Fiction.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--Fiction.
- United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 164 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Baltimore?] : Printed for the American booksellers, 1819.
- Notes:
- A satire on United States history, politics, and society.
- Copyright by the author, Jonas Clopper, on t.p. verso.
- Signatures: [A]² B-U⁴ W⁴ X².
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: plate wanting.
- Cited in:
- Shaw and Shoemaker, 47648
- Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1744-1850 (2nd ed.), 551
- Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) V,33
- OCLC:
- 32041702
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