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 |
| Other author | Griffith, Elizabeth, 1727-1793 translator. |
| Other author | Smither, James, 1741-1797, engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell in Third-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774] |
| Description | xii, 144 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 108 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Nautrage et aventures de Monsieur Pierre Viaud. English |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13257. ^A478749 |
| 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. |
| References | Evans 13257 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3128 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13257). |
| Genre/form | Poems 1774. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
| Genre/form | Prospectuses. |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. |
| Other title | Adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |