Accession number
PML 84551-54
Creator
Godwin, Mary Jane.
Published
London : Printed for Tabart and Co. ... : J. Adlard, Printer ..., [1809]
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Endowment Fund, 1981.
Notes
Probably written or edited by Mary Jane Godwin, who also compiled Tabart's popular stories. See P. Marshall's biography of William Godwin, p. 265.
Not the 1st ed. A separate edition of Marmontel's Belisarius, the last story in v. 4, is dated 1807 (PML 80734). The plates in that earlier edition are numbered for v. IV, indicating that a 4 v. set predates the separate issue.
Imprint date from "Advertisement," p. [3] of v. 1.
"Useful books recently published ... by Richard Phillips ..."--[5] p. of last gathering, v. 4.
5 plates in each v.
Not the 1st ed. A separate edition of Marmontel's Belisarius, the last story in v. 4, is dated 1807 (PML 80734). The plates in that earlier edition are numbered for v. IV, indicating that a 4 v. set predates the separate issue.
Imprint date from "Advertisement," p. [3] of v. 1.
"Useful books recently published ... by Richard Phillips ..."--[5] p. of last gathering, v. 4.
5 plates in each v.
Description
4 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 14 cm.
Binding
Publisher's 1/4 red leather, marbled boards.
Classification
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