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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.
Contributor:
Hunt, Benjamin, approximately 1775-1838, binder.
Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)
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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