The history of the lives of Abeillard and Heloisa; : comprising a period of eighty-four years, from 1079 to 1163. : With their genuine letters, from the collection of Amboise. ; [Two lines of quotation from Fleury] / By the Rev. Joseph Berington. ; With a plate, representing the tomb of Abeillard and Heloisa; engraved, printed, and coloured, by J. Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berington, Joseph, 1746-1827.

Contributor:

Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset), illustrator.

Hill, John, 1770-1850, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 47203.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.

Abelard, Peter.

Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.

Héloïse.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 26-408 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia; : Printed and published by Abraham Small, no. 112 Chesnut Street., 1819.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Frontispiece signed: W.D. Fellowes, delt.; J. Hill.

Said to be the first American color plate book. Cf. Publishers' weekly, Dec. 30, 1939, p. 2356.

Errors in paging: p. iv-v misnumbered v-vi.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 47203).

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