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The sorrows of Werter. A German story. [Two lines of quotations] Vol. I[-II].
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1789 Goe Aa 789 L45
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 4434
- Standardized Title:
- Werther. English
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [4],94,[4],97,[1]p. ; 12°.
- Place of Publication:
- Litchfield, (Connecticut) : Printed by Thomas Collier, M.DCC.XXXIX [i.e., 1789]
- Notes:
- The translation, wrongly attributed to Richard Graves, was probably made by Daniel Malthus from the French version of Georges Deyverdun. Cf. Die erste englische Ausgabe des "Werther." Jahrbuch der Sammlung Kippenberg V (1925): p. 13ff.
- Date of publication on title page of v. 2 corrected to M,DCC,LXXXIX.
- Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 68 and v. 2, p. 81, misnumbered 36 and 61.
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: ?v.2; v.1: -p.93-94
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 21859; Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 2188; Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 2189
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