The death of Abel. : In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Collyer, Mary, -1763.

Contributor:

• Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cain (Biblical figure)--Fiction.
• Cain (Biblical figure).

Genre:

• Fiction.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,xxiv,259 pages, 5 unnumbered pages,plates ; 12⁰

Edition:

The twentieth edition embellished with an elegant engraving to each book.

Place of Publication:

London : printed by T. Jones for J. Collyer, Constiation Row, Gray's Inn Lane, and sold by F. and C. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard, C. Law, Ave Mary Lane, G. G. and J. Robinson, T. Longman, R. Baldwin, & G. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, MDCCXCIX. [1799]

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• An English adaptation by Mary Collyer, who signs the dedication.
• The titlepage is engraved.
• The last two leaves contain quotations from Bodmer's 'Noah' recently published in an English translation by Collyer.
• Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T94319.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.