Pietas et gratulatio collegii Cantabrigiensis apud Novanglos.
Contributors: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, dedicatee.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 8877.
Publisher: Typis J. Green & J. Russell.
Published: 1762
Place of publication: Bostoni-Massachusettensium
Language: eng; lat; gre
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: George -- III, -- King of Great Britain, -- 1738-1820 -- Poetry.
Description: Latin, Greek and English poems written to celebrate the accession of George III. Although dated 1761, publication was not authorized by Harvard College until January 5, 1762. Advertised in the Boston gazette, August 30, 1762 as "this day published." The advertisement continues, "This piece has been a considerable while printed: and a number of copies having been sent to England for the King and royal family, it was tho’t proper to postpone the publishing of it here, till such time as it might be supposed the copies aforesaid had been presented." The Preface signed by President and Fellows of Harvard College. A handwritten index in the front of the Harvard University Archives copy HUA 761.70 attributes sections of the work to Governor Bernard Francis, Harvard President Edward Holyoke, Harvard Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages Stephen Sewall, Harvard Professor John Winthrop, John Lovell (Harvard AB 1728), John Lowell (Harvard AB 1760), Benjamin Church (Harvard AB 1754), James Bowdoin (Harvard AB 1745), Samuel Deane (Harvard AB 1760), Samuel Cooper (Harvard AB 1743), and [Peter] Oliver (Harvard AB 1730).
Notes: Poems written to celebrate the accession of George III, to whom the work is dedicated.

Although dated 1761, publication was not authorized by Harvard College until January 5, 1762. Advertised in the Boston gazette, August 30, 1762 as "this day published." The advertisement continues, "This piece has been a considerable while printed: and a number of copies having been sent to England for the King and royal family, it was tho't proper to postpone the publishing of it here, till such time as it might be supposed the copies aforesaid had been presented."

Issued on regular and fine paper. Two states of gathering G noted. In the first, p. 24, l. 14 reads "... peace distinguish'd ..."; in the second, "... peac edistinguish'd ..." Two states of gathering T noted. In the first, l. 14 reads "... videt haud Georgo"; in the second, "... nec Avo videbat". An errata slip is found mounted to blank leaf 2E2 of some copies. Fine paper copies have the second states of gatherings G and T. Cf. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 39 (1945): 321-322.

Signatures: pi-4pi℗ø B-2E℗ø (2E2 blank)

Evans 8877.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8877)