The sorrows and sympathetic attachments of Werter
Subtitle: a German story
By: by Mr. Goethe, Doctor of the Civil Law. ; Volume the first[-second]. ; [Six lines in praise of the author]
Contributors: Malthus, Daniel, b. 1730, tr.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 18501.
Publisher: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street.
Published: 1784
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; fre; ger
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 71
Other titles: Sorrows of Werter.
Work titles: Werther.
Notes: Running title: The sorrows of Werter.

The translation, wrongly attributed to Richard Graves, was probably made by Daniel Malthus from the French version of Georges Deyverdun. Cf. Die erste englische Ausgabe des "Werther." Jahrbuch der Sammlung Kippenberg V (1925): p. 13ff.

"The second volume ... will be published, ten days from this date ... January 24th, 1784."--p. 40. Vol. 2 (p. [41]-[72]) has separate title page.

Signatures: [A]þ́ B-Eþ́ [F]þ́ G-Iþ́ (gathering I missigned H)

Bookseller's advertisements on p. 40 and [72]

Evans 18501.

Hildeburn, C.R.  Pennsylvania, 4485.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18501)