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The correspondence of Theodosius and Constantia before and after her taking the veil : two volumes in one ... embellished with superb engravings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3539.L3 C6 1796 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langhorne, John, 1735-1779.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Langhorne, John, 1735-1779--Early works to 1800.
- Langhorne, John.
- Langhorne, John, 1735-1779.
- Genre:
- Publishers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mayo, Reb M. A. (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 59 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 72 pages), 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm (12mo)
- Edition:
- Cooke's edition.
- Other Title:
- Theodosius & Constantia : forming part of Cooke's pocket edition of select novels or Novelist's entertaining library, containing a complete collection of universally approved histories, adventures, tales &c. by the most esteemed authors
- Fingerprint:
- s.s, L.in ryt! feta (3) 1796 (Q) v.1
- s,e- meas s.x- evin (3) 1796 (Q) v.2
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for C. Cooke ... and sold by all the booksellers in Great-Britain, [1796?]
- Notes:
- Dedication signed: J. Langhorne.
- Vol. 2 has caption title only.
- Imprint date conjectured by ESTC.
- Signatures: v. 1: A-F⁶ ; v. 2: A-F⁶.
- Engraved plates: added engraved title leaf (bound in v. 2) and two illustrations (one bound in each vol.).
- Woodcut title vignette and tail-pieces.
- Each vol. bound in pink paper wrappers printed with publisher's advertisements.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2016 from Blackwell's Rare Books.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: v. 1 has autograph ("Reb M A Mayo Feb[rua]ry 1796") on verso of blank leaf preceding frontispiece plate; v. 2 has autograph ("R M A Mayo") on front wrapper.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: v. 1 has partially illegible red ink stamp ("6 2873"?) on p. [2] of wrapper; partially illegible red ink stamp ("54 43 ..."?) on p. [3] of wrapper.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: v. 2: many leaves unopened at head edge; hole in second blank leaf at beginning of vol.
- Cited in:
- ESTC N28077
- OCLC:
- 952211835
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