The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. By William Falconer. An English sailor. [Two lines from Virgil's Aeneid, with two lines of English translation]

People / Organizations

• William Falconer (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell in Third-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]

Publication year

1774-1774

ESTC No.

W29399

Grub Street ID

339658

Description

[4],108p. ; 12⁰

Note

Issued as part of: Dubois-Fontanelle, Jean Gaspard. The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud .. To which is added, The shipwreck. .. By William Falconer .. Philadelphia, 1774 (Evans 13257). Also issued separately (not in Evans or Bristol).

Error in paging: p. 60, 2nd count, misnumbered 50.

"Occasional elegy."--p. 106-108.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: pi? A-I?