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The life of the Swedish Countess of G.----- / by Gellert : translated from the German by a lady.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PT1883.L4 E6 1777 v.1/2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott, 1715-1769, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Leben der schwedischen Gräfinn von G***. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- German fiction--18th century--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.
- German fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tipping, Francis Hall, 1804-1875 (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (vi, 216, 307-312 pages) ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- e!f, atre n,to onpi (3) 1777 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed for W. Whitestone, J. Williams, W. Colles, J. Hoey, T. Walker, C. Jenkin, E. Cross, J. Exshaw, Beatty and Jackson, and P. Higley, MDCCLXXVII [1777]
- Notes:
- Translation attributed to Mary Collyer.
- Bound as issued in one volume.
- Signatures: [A]1 a² B-K¹² L⁴(-L4).
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy acquired for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Amanda Hall Rare Books with assistance from the Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy has autograph ("Francis Hall Tipping") at head of title leaf.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: binding: "contemporary lightly speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, faded, with a later red morocco label lettered in gilt"--Bookseller's description.
- Cited in:
- ESTC N498416
- OCLC:
- 55866043
- Online:
- The Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund Home Page
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