The letters of Charlotte, during her connexion with Werter. [Two lines of quotation in Italian] Vol. I[-II].

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Gomez ("printed for")

Imprint

New York: Printed by William A. Davis, for Benj. Gomez, bookseller and stationer, no. 97, Maiden-Lane, 1797.

Publication year

1797-1797

ESTC No.

W13555

Grub Street ID

322896

Description

xii,[1],14-240p., [1]leaf of plates : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

Written in imitation of Goethe's Sorrows of Werter, and intended to counter the dangerous ideas of that work. Attributed to William James on the basis of a letter, now part of the Speck Collection of Goetheana at Yale University, from James to the London publisher Cadell.

Frontispiece engraved by John Scoles.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-K? ?A-K?