Juvenile poems on various subjects. : with The prince of Parthia, a tragedy / by the late Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr. ... ; to which is prefixed, some account of the author and his writings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godfrey, Thomas, 1736-1763.

Contributor:

Evans, Nathaniel, 1742-1767.

Language:

English

Genre:

Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Milligan, S. (Autograph) (copy 1)

Geisse, William (Autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (Donor) (Forrest copy)

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (Inscription) (Forrest copy)

Smith, Richard Penn (Autograph) (Forrest copy)

Physical Description:

xxvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 223 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 24 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Henry Miller ..., 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.

Signatures: a-c4 d2 A-2E4 (2E4 verso blank).

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.

Cited in:

Evans 9983

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2129

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 183

Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 119

Contains:

Green, John, -1802. Elegy, to the memory of Mr. Thomas Godfrey.

Evans, Nathaniel, 1742-1767. Elegy, to the memory of the same.

Prince of Parthia.

OCLC:

3347527