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The vicar of Wakefield : a tale supposed to be written by himself ... / accentuirt von J. Ebers.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3490.A2 E24 1816
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- England--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- England.
- Vicars, Parochial--England--Fiction.
- Vicars, Parochial.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Conduct of life--Fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mohr, Alfons (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- LII, 320 pages, [1] leaf of plates ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- Vierte, mit der Biographie des Verfassers und verschiedenen, vorzüglich sacherklärenden Anmerkungen versehene, desgleichen mit den beiden Gedichten The traveller und The deserted village vermehrte Auflage.
- Other Title:
- Select works of Oliver Goldsmith
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Bei G.C. Nauck, 1816.
- Summary:
- Details the romantic intrigues in the family of a country vicar in eighteenth century England.
- Contents:
- Vorbericht ; Vorbericht zur dritten Auflage ; Vorrede zur vierten Auflage
- Erläuterung der accentuirten Sylben oder Buchstaben und der Verschiedenheit ihrer Aussprache
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Oliver Goldsmith / [Robert Anderson]
- The vicar of Wakefield
- The traveller
- The deserted village.
- Notes:
- Added engraved title page; dated 1803; illustrated with oval vignette.
- Foreword to the fourth edition signed: J.W.H. Nolte.
- For German students of English.
- Errata on pages [319]-320.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: without plate (added engraved title leaf).
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 from James Burmester.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has autograph ("Alfons Mohr") on front free endpaper; manuscript inscription ("Mohr") on title leaf.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. Traveller.
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. Deserted village.
- Anderson, Robert, 1750-1830. Memoirs of the life and writings of Oliver Goldsmith.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. Vicar of Wakefield.
- OCLC:
- 34464917
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