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The sorrows of Werter : a German story.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PT2027 .W3 1784 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Standardized Title:
- Werther. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Penn Provenance:
- Wales, G., Jr. (autograph) (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- A new edition.
- Fingerprint:
- hey. res- h.a- adIp (3) 1784 (R) v.2
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Dodsley ..., 1784 [MDCCLXXXIV]
- Notes:
- "A translation variously attributed to Richard Graves and Daniel Malthus, of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Die Leiden des jungen Werthers'."--ESTC.
- Signatures: v. 2: [A]² B-L⁸ M⁴.
- Pagination: v. 1: viii, 168 p. ; v. 2: [4], 168 p.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: v. 2 only.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has bookseller's ms. notes in pencil on front pastedown; a few ms. underlines and marginal marks in pencil in text.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Antiquariat Rainer Nold.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has bookplate of "Mr. G. Wales Junr" (the name supplied in ms.) affixed to front pastedown.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy bound in full early mottled calf; gold-tooled cover edges; spine tooled in gold; gold-stamped brown leather spine label ("GOETHE"); evidence of spine label with volume number.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: spine damaged at head and tail; boards partially detached from textblock.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T155710
- OCLC:
- 132692824
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