Die schreckliche Tragödie in Washington. : Ermordung des Präsidenten Lincoln. Seine letzten Stunden und die Todes-Scenen. Ein ausführlicher und zuverlässiger Bericht dieses grossen National-Unglücks. Mordanschläge auf Sekretär Seward, Vice-Präsident Johnson und das ganze Cabinet. Biographische Skizzen nebst getreuen Portraits sämmtlicher Betreffenden, die mit diesem traurigen Ereigniss in Verbindung standen. Desgleichen eine authentische Geschichte der bekannesten Meuchelmörder aller Zeiten, wie der berühmten Personen, die durch ihre Hände fielen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barclay & Co., Publisher.

Standardized Title:

Terrible tragedy at Washington. German.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial.

Assassination--History.

Assassination.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

[2], 25-100 [i.e. 102] p. : ill., plan, ports. (woodcuts) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Verlag von Barclay & Co., No. 602 Archstrasse., 1865.

Notes:

Translation of: The terrible tragedy at Washington.

The woodcuts retain their English captions. Some portions of the English text are omitted: "The nation's loss" (poem), English ed. p. 68; "The president and the painter", p. 68; "Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" (poem), p. 70; verses beginning "Before the splendors", p. 74; "Dirge" (poem), p. 86; "Attempted assassinations in modern times", p. 106-108; "Bowling Green", p. 112; "Maine", p. 113; "Weymouth after the Copperheads", p. 114; "Another scene", p. 116

Collation: [1]⁸ 2-5⁸ [$1 (+4, -5₁) signed; signing 4 as 5₁]; 40 leaves, pp. [2 unnumbered] 25-28 [2 unnumbered] 29-34 [35-36 (35 blank)] 37-50 [51-52 (51 blank)] 53-66 [67-68 (67 blank)] 69-82 85 [1 unnumbered] 86-92 [1 unnumbered] 93-100. It appears that the text was composed so that leaf 4 would contain the woodcut of Booth's escape (as p. [84], with p. [83] blank); but that the imposition was changed to compress the whole printing to 40 leaves. Leaf 4₈ was imposed to contain p. 85 (with signature "5" left in), with the woodcut on the verso, unnumbered and not counted in the pagination; thereafter recto and verso pages were reversed (p. 86-92), followed by the woodcut of the hearse on the unnumbered and uncounted verso of p. 92, followed by 93-100 correctly set up as recto/verso

Issued in illustrated yellow wrapper: portrait of Lincoln on front cover, woodcut "Booth on the stage ..." on back cover.

Local Notes:

OCLC WorldCat Holdings

HSP and Balch Non-English

Cited in:

Monaghan, J. Lincoln, 3787

Fish, D. Lincoln, 838

Other Format:

Online version: Terrible tragedy at Washington. German. Schreckliche Tragödie in Washington.

OCLC:

5955647