Modern chivalry: : containing the adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague Oregan, his servant. : Volume I[-IV]. / By H.H. Brackenridge. ; [One line in Latin from Juvenal] ; Entered according to act of Congress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Vanderlyn, Jane (autograph)

Physical Description:

4 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by John M'Culloch, no. 1, North Third-Street., M.DCC.XCII [-M.DCC.XCVII]. [1792-1797]

Notes:

Vol. II dated M.DCC.XII [i.e., 1792]. Vol. III has varied imprint: Pittsburgh: Printed and sold by John Scull. M.DCC.XIII [i.e., 1793].

BAL notes four states of v. 1; sequence not determined. In the first "Entered according to act of Congress" appears at foot of title page and p. 69 is misnumbered 99. In the second, the same copyright notice appears on the title page and p. 69 is correctly paged. In the third and fourth states, the copyright notice does not appear; in the former, p. 69 is misnumbered 99 and in the latter p. 69 is correctly paged.

Signatures: v. 1, pi2 A-M6 N4; v. 2, pi2 A-M6 N4; v. 3 unsigned; v. 4, pi2 A-N6.

Vol. 1: 156 p.; v. 2: 156 p.; v. 3: lxvii, 99, [2] p.; v. 4: 160 p.

Error in paging: v. 2, p. 18 misnumbered 28.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: vol. 4 wanting.

Vols. 1-3 bound in 1 vol.

Vol. 1: BAL 3rd state: copyright notice on title-page and p. 69 misnumbered p. 99.

Cited in:

ESTC (RLIN) W26247

Evans 24142

Evans 24143

Evans 25224

Evans 31862

Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 354

BAL 1300

BAL 1301

BAL 1304

OCLC:

187415005