Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley: Part I[-II]
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Main Author: Tooke, John Horne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Printed by Wm. Duane [1806[-1807]
Edition:The first American edition. From the second London edition
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Item Description:"Note. The publisher of this first American edition, apprises the friends of literature, that the author proposes to publish a third part of this invaluable work: which it has been intimated, may appear in London in the Spring of 1807 ..."--v. 2, p. [490]. This proposed third volume was never published. - "W. Duane, & Son, printers, Philadelphia."--v. 2, colophon (p. [490]). - Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 212-216 misnumbered 112-116; v. 2, p. 122-123, 228 misnumbered 222-223, 238, and page numbers 380-399 omitted from sequence. - First two words of title transliterated from Greek. - In the form of a dialog between H. and B. in v. 1, and between H. and F. in v. 2. - Indexes to words discussed, v. 2, p. [465-490]. - Plates engraved by William Kneass. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 11462. - Title of v. 2 varies in punctuation, with a colon replacing the period following "Epea pteroenta," and a comma inserted following "St. John's College." Vol. 2 has imprint date: 1807. - Vol. 1: [8], 432 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [8], 379, 400-463, [27] p., [1] leaf of plates
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