The foresters, an American tale: being a sequel to the History of John Bull the clothier. In a series of letters to a friend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 819

Language:

English

Physical Description:

216p., [1]leaf of plates : ill. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, proprietors of the work, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, MDCCXCII. [1792]

Notes:

Historical allegory dealing with the American Revolution and contemporary relations with England and France. Attributed to Belknap in the Dictionary of American biography.

Two states of the frontispiece noted in BAL. In the first (BAL 1), which is unsigned, the block in the lower left corner reads "£ 150,000000." In the second (BAL 2), signed "Seymour de. sc.", the block in the lower corner reads"£ 200 millions." - Two states of gathering G noted in BAL. In one, the footnote ("Pennsylvania") appears without an asterisk and has a space between the third and fourth letters. In the other, the space is closed and an asterisk precedes the footnote.

Printers' monogram device on title page.

Signed on p.211: Amyntor, i.e. Jeremy Belknap.

Local Notes:

Library copy: state unknown

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 24086; BAL 929; Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 289