The death of Abel. In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner

All titles

• The death of Abel. In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner
• Tod Abels. English. Adaptations.

People / Organizations

• Mary Collyer (Author)

Imprint

London : published Jany. 7th. 1797. by T. Heptinstall Fleet Street, [1797]

Added name

Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788.; Heptinstall, Thomas, bookseller.; Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840, printer.

Publication year

1797

ESTC No.

T99064

Grub Street ID

318239

Description

[2],xi,[1],275,[1]p.,plates : port. ; 8°.

Note

An English adaptation by Mary Collyer

The titlepage is engraved

"Printed by C. Whittingham" -- p.xi

Pp.[151]-275 contain "New idyls, by S. Gessner. With a letter to M. Fuslin, on landscape painting; and The two friends of Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot"

According to Coxhead 'Thomas Stothard' p. 155 there should be 8 plates. The missing plate shows Abel dead.

Uncontrolled note

According to Coxhead 'Thomas Stothard' p. 155 there should be 8 plates. The missing plate shows Abel dead