The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain : To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines of verse].
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | Each work has separate title page and pagination. The first, attributed by Evans to Jean Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle, is "Translated from the French by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Griffith," and has running title: The adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. The frontispiece, engraved by James Smither, is the only illustration. In some copies, the frontispiece is printed in red. Error in paging: pages 60, 2nd count, misnumbered 50. "Occasional elegy."--pages 106-108, 2nd count. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [ii]; prospectus for Michaijah Towgood's A dissent from the Church of England fully justified, [4] pages at end. With an initial advertisement leaf. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 144, 4 unnumbered pages, 108, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pageleaf of plates : illustrations ; 12⁰. |