Original tales, histories, essays, and translations.
By: By different hands
Contributors: Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott, 1715-1769.; Saint-Réal, M. l'abbé de 1639-1692.; Saint-Réal, M. l'abbé de 1639-1692.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49990
Publisher: Printed for Charles Elliot; and Thomas Dobson bookseller, Philadelphia.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 441
Notes: Errors in paging: p. 376, 437 misnumbered 176, 337

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