The pleasing history of Pamela, or Virtue rewarded. Being an entertaining history of a beautiful young damsel, who rose from almost the lowest to the highest situation of life, with many important and entertaining subjects, intended to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of both sexes

All titles

• The pleasing history of Pamela, or Virtue rewarded. Being an entertaining history of a beautiful young damsel, who rose from almost the lowest to the highest situation of life, with many important and entertaining subjects, intended to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of both sexes
• Pamela. Abridgments

People / Organizations

• Samuel Richardson (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for R. Snagg, No.29, Pater-noster-Row, [between 1773 and 1775?] The second edition.; ..

Added name

Snagg, Richard (Bookseller), bookseller.

Publication year

1773-1775

ESTC No.

N20333

Grub Street ID

9731

Description

84 p., plate ; 12°.

Note

An abridgment of Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela: or, virtue rewarded'

On the evidence of dated imprints Richard Snagg was trading at this address in 1773, see ESTC T51763. He was at this address until 1775, see Maxted, I. London Book Trades 1775-1800, and Plomer, H. Dictionary of printers and booksellers

No full stop at end of title

Below imprint in square brackets: Price nine-pence

Frontispiece.

Uncontrolled note

Verify format. - Snagg trading at this address 1774-75 (Maxted). - Earlier edition not traced; Evans 26088 is a Boston [1793] edition with same title