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].
| Author/creator | Dubois-Fontanelle, Jean Gaspard |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell in Third-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774] |
| Description | xii, 144, 4 unnumbered pages, 108, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pageleaf of plates : illustrations ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Uniform title | Naufrage et aventures de Monsieur Pierre Viaud. English |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | The frontispiece, engraved by James Smither, is the only illustration. In some copies, the frontispiece is printed in red. |
| General note | Error in paging: p. 60, 2nd count, misnumbered 50. |
| General note | "Occasional elegy."--p. 106-108, 2nd count. |
| General note | Bookseller's advertisement, p. [ii]; prospectus for Michaijah Towgood's A dissent from the Church of England fully justified, [4] p. at end. |
| General note | With an initial advertisement leaf. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 13257 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3128 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW29514. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |