The power of sympathy: or, The triumph of nature : Founded in truth. : In two volumes. Vol I[-II]. : [Four lines of verse].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793
Other Authors: Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846, Hill, Samuel, approximately 1766-1804 (Engraver)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Printed at Boston : By Isaiah Thomas and Company. Sold at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury Street. And at said Thomas's bookstore in Worcester, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 21979.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Fictional account of Frances Theodora Apthorp, sister of Sarah Wentworth Morton, to whom the work has often been attributed. William Hill Brown is generally accepted as the author. Cf. Ellis, Milton. "The author of the first American novel." American Literature 4 (1933): 359-368.
The frontispiece, engraved by Samuel Hill, is the only illustration.
Volume 1: vi, [1], 8-138, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: 158, [2] pages.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:2 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm. (duodecimo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.