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Creator:
Virginian
Title(s):

The American wanderer : through various parts of Europe, in a series of letters to a lady (interspersed with a variety of interesting anecdotes) / by a Virginian.

Additional Title(s):

Half-title: The American wanderer, in a series of letters.

Published/Created:
Dublin : Printed by B. Smith, for W. and H. Whitestone, T. Walker, W. Wilson, G. Gilbert, J. Beatty, L. White, P. Byrne, R. Burton, and J. Cash, MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 288 pages ; 17 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
D917 .A44 1783
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"These unstudied travelling sketches were written ... in the years 1776 and 77."--Page [v].
Reprint of the London edition of the same year. "By a loyalist refugee." See: Sabin.
Includes three letters "to a noble lord," the first of which is signed A. W. L. (p. 261-288)
English short title catalogue, T110636
BEIR Edf 776Ab: Undeciphered inscription on t.p.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary tan calf; stamped in gilt on front cover: Honble. A.C. Hamilton. Bookplate: Arthur F.C. Cole. Autograph of Cole on title page.
Subject Terms:
Beatty, J. -- Publisher.
Burton, R. -- Publisher.
Byrne, P. -- Publisher.
Cash, J. -- Publisher.
Cole, Arthur F.C. -- Bookplate.
Europe -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Gilbert, G. -- Publisher.
Hamilton, A.C. -- Provenance.
Smith, B. -- Printer.
W. and H. Whitestone -- Publisher.
Walker, T. -- Publisher.
White, L. -- Publisher.
Wilson, W. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Travel literature.
Contributors:
A. W. L.
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