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. |
| Description | 2 volumes : 1 illustration ; 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 17820. ^A575643 |
| General note | By Washington Irving. |
| General note | Frontispiece 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 note | Vol. 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 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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17820). |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |