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The sorrows and sympathetic attachments of Werter; a German story, by Mr. Goethe, Doctor of the Civil Law. Volume the first[-second]. [Six lines in praise of the author]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1784 Goe Api 784 B33
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 4434
- Standardized Title:
- Werther. English
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 71,[1]p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, M,DCC,LXXXIV.
- Notes:
- Running title: The sorrows of Werter.
- 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.
- "The second volume .. will be published, ten days from this date .. January 24th, 1784."--p. 40. Vol. 2 (p. [41]-[72]) has separate title page.
- Bookseller's advertisements on p. 40 and [72].
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 18501; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4485
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