The true and affecting history of Henrietta Bellgrave, a woman born only for calamities : being an unhappy daughter, wretched wife, and unfortunate mother : containing a series of the most uncommon adventures that ever befel one person by sea and land : giving an account of her shipwreck, her falling into the power of a brutal villain, and her being providentially relieved by a party of Indians : with her further sufferings to the time of her death / written by herself, and addressed to her daughter Zoa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, J. (John), active 1799-1825, printer, bookseller.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

True history of Henrietta de Belgrave.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Fiction.

Women.

India--Fiction.

India.

Chapbooks, English--Specimens.

Chapbooks, English.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements.

Physical Description:

36 pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and sold by J. Bailey, 116, Chancery-Lane, and may be had of most booksellers, [between 1799-1825?]

Notes:

First published as: The true history of Henrietta de Belgrave.

Imprint date range based on active dates of John Bailey.

Signatures: A⁶ B¹².

Woodcut illustration (hand-colored).

"Price Sixpence."--Title leaf.

Issued in blue paper wrappers printed with title, price, and advertisement ("Catalogue of Books, Printed and Sold BY J. Bailey, 116, Chancery-Lane.").

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2023 from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: edges untrimmed.

OCLC:

1418714924