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An antidote to the miseries of human life in the history of the widow Placid and her daughter, Rachel.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR4506.C52 A5 1812
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corp, Harriet, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian life--Fiction.
- Christian life.
- Didactic fiction, English--19th century.
- Didactic fiction, English.
- Penn Provenance:
- Drinkwater, John (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Hunt, Benjamin, approximately 1775-1838 (label) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 134 pages ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- The seventh edition.
- Manufacture:
- London : Printed by J. Haddon ...
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed ... for T. Williams ..., 1812.
- Notes:
- Attributed to Harriet Corp by the British Museum.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from Antiquates Ltd.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has armorial bookplate of John Drinkwater on front free endpaper.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy bound by B. Hunt of Birmingham (with his ticket affixed to front pastedown) in half calf over marbled paper boards; gold-tooled spine panels; gold-stamped black leather spine label ("WIDOW PLACID"); brown endpapers; all edges marbled.
- OCLC:
- 43698559
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