Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / by Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England.
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TextManufacturer: London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate and sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston, M DCC LXXIII [1773]Description: v pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 10-124 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait (engraving) ; 17 cmAccession Number: (OCoLC)916479; (PPRF)1229/13With a mixture of horizontal and vertical chain lines, and with two final contents leaves;Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁴;
Printer's advertisement: page [4] at end;
"Published according to Act of Parliament, Septr. 1st, 1773 by Archd. Bell, Bookseller No. 8 near the Saracens Head Aldgate"--Page facing title page, beneath frontispiece portrait;
Author's dedication "[t]o the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon" dated Boston, June 12, 1773;
Includes author's preface, a letter "sent by the author's master to the publisher" (signed John Wheatley, Boston, Nov. 14, 1772), and a notice "To the publick" by Thomas Hutchinson, governor of Boston, and various officials attesting to Phillis Wheatley's authorship of the poems;
Frontispiece portrait engraved after a drawing by Scipio Moorhead, an African American artist enslaved by the Reverend John Moorhead of Boston.References: Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4440References: English short title catalogue, T153734Source of Acquisition: Gift of H. Bacon Collamore, 1975.Custodial History: Acquired by Sir John Richardson [1]. Acquired [2] by Bacon Collamore, acquired via gift by Rosenbach Museum & Library;
[1] Bookplate of Sir John Richardson; in manuscript: "Benj. [T?]appan's. 1847";
[2] Bookplate of Harry Bacon Collamore.Binding Information: Original brown leather. In fall-down-back box covered with tan cloth.Hierarchical Place Name: England London.Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
- 811
| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Rosenbach Museum & Library | Americana, Printed | A 773p | Available |
With a mixture of horizontal and vertical chain lines, and with two final contents leaves.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁴.
Printer's advertisement: page [4] at end.
"Published according to Act of Parliament, Septr. 1st, 1773 by Archd. Bell, Bookseller No. 8 near the Saracens Head Aldgate"--Page facing title page, beneath frontispiece portrait.
Author's dedication "[t]o the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon" dated Boston, June 12, 1773.
Includes author's preface, a letter "sent by the author's master to the publisher" (signed John Wheatley, Boston, Nov. 14, 1772), and a notice "To the publick" by Thomas Hutchinson, governor of Boston, and various officials attesting to Phillis Wheatley's authorship of the poems.
Frontispiece portrait engraved after a drawing by Scipio Moorhead, an African American artist enslaved by the Reverend John Moorhead of Boston.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4440
English short title catalogue, T153734
A collection of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first published African American woman poet.
Gift of H. Bacon Collamore, 1975. PPRF
Original brown leather. In fall-down-back box covered with tan cloth.
Exhibited: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA 2/3/86 - 6/30/86 "The Arts in Colonial America." PPRF
Acquired by Sir John Richardson [1]. Acquired [2] by Bacon Collamore, acquired via gift by Rosenbach Museum & Library. PPRF
[1] Bookplate of Sir John Richardson; in manuscript: "Benj. [T?]appan's. 1847". PPRF
[2] Bookplate of Harry Bacon Collamore. PPRF