The Wanderers, or Horatio and Laetitia.: A Poem in Five Epistles
by [DOUGLAS, The Brothers]
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[DOUGLAS, The Brothers]. The Wanderers, or Horatio and Laetitia. A Poem in Five Epistles. [Illustrated. with 2 full-page wood engravings, including frontispiece & 2 vignettes, by William Williams]. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, gold stamped black leatherlabel, pp. 138, [1] + engraved frontispiece, 1 other plate & 2 vignettes, by William Williams. Utica [N.Y.]: Printed for the Authors by Seward and Williams, 1811.
Only Edition. Complete with frontispiece sometimes wanting. Except for some minor browning, a fine copy of an early American poem. The last leaf is blank, except for the note: "The engravings on wood, by William Williams." See John Camp Williams, An Oneida County Printer (1906) for a full account of Williams, in which it is suggested that he is our third American wood engraver, after Anderson and Lansing. Stoddard & Whitesell 971, where four of the eleven copies examined lack the frontispiece. Hamilton 1293a. Wegelin 1378. American Imprints 24360.
Only Edition. Complete with frontispiece sometimes wanting. Except for some minor browning, a fine copy of an early American poem. The last leaf is blank, except for the note: "The engravings on wood, by William Williams." See John Camp Williams, An Oneida County Printer (1906) for a full account of Williams, in which it is suggested that he is our third American wood engraver, after Anderson and Lansing. Stoddard & Whitesell 971, where four of the eleven copies examined lack the frontispiece. Hamilton 1293a. Wegelin 1378. American Imprints 24360.
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- Title
- The Wanderers, or Horatio and Laetitia.
- Author
- [DOUGLAS, The Brothers]
- Illustrator
- William Williams
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seward and Williams
- Place of Publication
- Utica
- Date Published
- 1811
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Size
- 12mo
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