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An abridgment of Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady : comprehending the most important concerns of private life : and particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children, in relation to marriage : in two volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3664 .C4 1756 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.
- Standardized Title:
- Clarissa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young women--Crimes against--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
- Young women.
- Young women--Crimes against.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Ireland -- Dublin -- 18th century.
- Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Ireland -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Headfort, Marquess of (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- M.t. shsh e.e- (mun (3) 1756 (R) v.1
- d.d, islt w.nd Itin (3) 1756 (R) v.2
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed and sold by William Sleater ..., MDCCLVI [1756]
- Notes:
- "Anonymous. By Samuel Richardson."--ESTC.
- Signatures: v. 1: A⁶ b⁶ B-2C⁶ 2D⁴ ; v. 2: [A]² B² C-2N⁶ 2O⁴.
- Pagination: v. 1: [24], 308 p. ; v. 2: [4], 419, [1] p.
- Woodcut factotums and head-pieces.
- Vol. 1 has subscribers' list on leaves a5r-b5r.
- Bookseller's advertisement on leaf b6 of v. 1 and leaf [A]2 of v. 2.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: v. 1: leaves B3 and B4 wanting.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: each vol. has ms. shelf-mark ("11.a.") in pencil on front pastedown.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2017 from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: each vol. has armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Headfort on front pastedown.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: each vol. bound in full mottled calf; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; gold-stamped green leather spine label with vol. number; evidence of spine label with brief title; blind-tooled cover edges.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: v. 1: leaves R6 and S1 torn and mended at fore-edge margin.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T183592
- OCLC:
- 48902165
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