Travels before the flood : an interesting Oriental record of men and manners in the antediluvian world : interpreted in fourteen evening conversations between the Caliph of Bagdad and his court / translated from the Arabic ; in two volumes. ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loudon, Archibald, 1754-1840, bookseller.

Kline, George, 1758?-1820, printer.

Klinger, Friedrich Maximilian, 1752-1831, bibliographic antecedent.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis.

Bible.

History, Ancient.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 17 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

s-l- ofso n.a- Beth (3) 1797 (A) v.1

hean s?e, t.t- muEv (3) 1797 (A) v.2

Place of Publication:

[Carlisle, Pa.] : London printed, Carlisle, re-printed for A. Loudon, bookseller, by George Kline, 1797.

Notes:

Based on Friedrich Maximilian Klinger's Reisen vor der Sündfluth.

"Title page of v. 2 has 'antidiluvian' and lacks the words 'In two volumes.'"--English short title catalogue.

Bound (as issued?) in 1 volume.

Signatures: volume 1: A² B-O⁶ P⁴ ; volume 2: A² B-N⁶ O⁴ (leaves O3 and O4 blanks).

Pagination: volume 1: iv, 164 pages ; volume 2: 151, [5] pages.

Woodcut: "Loudon's monogram device on title page of v. 1."--English short title catalogue.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center RBC 2027 20 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026 from Stuart Bennett. Early manuscript note ("No. 106[...]"), partially struck through, on front free endpaper. Bookseller's description of this copy laid in. Page 11 creased during printing with damage to text. A few leaves at beginning and end of volume dampstained. Lower portion of back free endpaper torn off.

Cited in:

English short title catalogue, W27101

Evans, C. American bibliography, 32939

Related Work:

Klinger, Friedrich Maximilian, 1752-1831, Reisen vor der Sündfluth, bibliographic antecedent.

OCLC:

1131872507