The devil turn'd hermit, or, The adventures of Astaroth banish'd from hell : a satirical romance ... / translated from the original French of Mr. de M * * *.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambert de Saumery, Pierre, approximately 1690-

Contributor:

Lambert de Saumery, Pierre, approximately 1690-

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

French Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Diable hermite. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Pickford, Joseph (bookplate)

Percival de Royton, Thomas (inscription)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, plate ; 17 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Adventures of Astaroth banish'd from hell

Fingerprint:

oned eerk d.d- paIa (3) 1741 (R) v.1

e,d, a-al y.as pemy (3) 1742 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

London : J. Hodges, J. Robinson, J. Wilcox and J. Brindley, 1741.

Notes:

M. de M*** = Pierre Lambert de Saumery. Cf. ESTC.

Second volume was published in 1742, without the attribution to Mr. de M*** and with different publisher and probably printer: London, Printed for T. Waller.

Printer's name from colophon.

Engraved frontispiece by Parr.

Local Notes:

ESTC cites 4 variants of vol. 1; Culture Class Collection copy is variant 1 and has pp. viii and xi misnumbered vii and xii respectively.

Culture Class Collection copy bound in full calf; title stamped in gold on spine.

Culture Class Collection copy has the bookplate of Joseph Pickord on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms inscription: "E libris Thomae Percival de Royton" on t.p.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookseller's description laid in.

Cited in:

ESTC, T107249

ESTC, T107250

Beasley, J.C. Prose fiction pub. in England, 1740-1749, 81

OCLC:

3491126