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Dem Andenken deutscher Dichter und Philosophen gewidmet von Deutschen in Amerika : Erster Band[.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788., Author.
- Language:
- German
- Subjects (All):
- German literature--18th century.
- German literature.
- Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788--Portraits.
- Gessner, Salomon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([6], iv, [2], 324 p., [2] leaves of plates ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Andenken deutscher Dichter und Philosophen gewidmet von Deutschen in Amerika
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Bey G. Keatinge, 1796.
- Notes:
- The volume, announced as the first of a series devoted to the works of German authors, contains Salomon Gessner's Der Tod Abels, Daphnis, and Die Nacht. No more published.
- Dedicated to George Washington.
- "G. Keatinge was probably the publisher only, while the very neat print (in Roman type) was the work of Samuel Saur."--Seidensticker, p. 142. Seidensticker's assertion notwithstanding, the edition may have been printed in Germany.
- Title page engraved, and conjugate with the engraved frontispiece depicting Gessner and signed: F. Bolt sc. Berlin 1796.
- Error in paging: p. 121 misnumbered 112.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 29989
- English Short Title Catalog, W18561.
- OCLC:
- 511045486
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