Robinson Crusoëus, /
latine scripsit F.J. Goffaux ...
Description
- Related Names
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Engles, Joseph P. (Joseph Patterson), 1793-1861.
Wylie, Samuel B. (Samuel Brown), 1773-1852.
Gumbes, Samuel Wetherill, former owner.
Hough, George A., former owner.
Desilver, Thomas, -1836, bookseller.
Desilver, Robert, 1779-1837, bookseller.
Maxwell, J., publisher.
Goffaux, François Joseph, 1755-1836, translator.
Boston University. School of Theology
- Language(s)
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Latin
- Published
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Philadelphia : Ex typographiâ J. Maxwell, 1820.
- Edition
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Editio prima Americana.
- Note
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The added title page and plates belong to the Desilver edition of Defoe.
"First published at Paris in 1807"--Cf. Sabin.
"Placuit potissimùm seligere optima ex simili de eodem Robinsone fabulâ, quam Germanicò scripsit Henricus Campe"--Lectori.
"A translation of Joachim Heinrich Campe's, Robinson Jüngere"--Cf. NUC Pre-1956.
Added, engraved title page: The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe written by himself. Philadelphia: Published by R. Desilver no. 110 Walnut St. and T. Desilver no. 2 Decatur St. ... "erroneously claims to be translation of Defoe's book"--Cf. NUC Pre-1956.
- Physical Description
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150 p., [17] leaves of plates ;
15 cm
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