Dem Andenken deutscher Dichter und Philosophen gewidmet von Deutschen in Amerika : Erster Band[.].

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Publication InfoBaltimore : Bey G. Keatinge, 1796.
Description6 unnumbered pages, iv, 2 unnumbered pages, 324 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰.
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Subjects
Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788--Portraits.
German literature--18th century.

Other author/creatorGessner, Salomon, 1730-1788 author.
Other author/creatorGessner, Salomon, 1730-1788.
Other author/creatorBolt, F., engraver.
Other author/creatorKeatinge, George, -1811?, publisher.
Other author/creatorSower, Samuel, 1767-1820 printer.
Other author/creatorWashington, George, 1732-1799 dedicatee.
General noteThe volume, announced as the first of a series devoted to the works of German authors, contains Salomon Gessner's Der Tod Abels, Daphnis, and Die Nacht. No more published.
General noteDedicated to George Washington.
General note"G. Keatinge was probably the publisher only, while the very neat print (in Roman type) was the work of Samuel Saur."--Seidensticker, p. 142. Seidensticker's assertion notwithstanding, the edition may have been printed in Germany.
General noteTitle page engraved, and conjugate with the engraved frontispiece depicting Gessner and signed: F. Bolt sc. Berlin 1796.
General noteError in paging: p. 121 misnumbered 112.
General noteReproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References Evans, 29989
References English Short Title Catalog, W18561.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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