A history of New York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty : Containing among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievments [sic] of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam; being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been, or ever will be published. / By Diedrich Knickerbocker. ; [Two line of Dutch verse] ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].

Author/creator Irving, Washington
Format Electronic
Publication Info[New York] : Published by Inskeep & Bradford, New York; Bradford & Inskeep, Philadelphia; Wm. M'Ilhenney, Boston; Coale & Thomas, Baltimore; and Morford, Willington, & Co. Charleston, 1809.
Description2 volumes : 1 illustration ; 18 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 17820. ^A575643
General noteBy Washington Irving.
General noteFrontispiece signed: Copied from an ancient etching of the same size, published by Justus Danckers, at Amsterdam.
General note"Copy-right secured according to law."--versos of title pages.
General noteVol. 1: [5], viii-xxiii, [1], 268 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [2], 258 p.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 17820
References BAL 10098
References Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 1408
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17820).
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