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The Negro equalled by few Europeans

Title
The Negro equalled by few Europeans / translated from the French. ; to which are added poems on various subjects, moral and entertaining by Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England ; in two volumes. vol. I[-II].
Author
Lavallée, Joseph, 1747-1816.
Publication
Philadelphia : Printed by and for William W. Woodward, no. 17, Chesnut Street, 1801.

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Additional Authors
  • Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
  • Woodward, William W.
Description
2 v.; 17 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Note
  • By Joseph Levallée.
  • "Poems on various subjects, religious and moral. By Phyllis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England. Dedicated to the Countess of Huntingdon."--v. 2, p. [167]-248 [i.e. 238], with separate title page.
  • "Subscribers names."--v. 2, p. 239-244.
  • Page 238 in v. 2 misnumbered '248.'
  • Vol. 1: 259, [1] p.; v. 2: 244 p.
Indexed In (note)
  • Shaw, R.R. American bibliography
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare Fic-L (Lavallee, J. Negro equalled by few Europeans. 1801)
LCCN
07013620
OCLC
  • 38851629
  • 2367270
  • NYPGR2367270-B
Author
Lavallée, Joseph, 1747-1816.
Title
The Negro equalled by few Europeans / translated from the French. ; to which are added poems on various subjects, moral and entertaining by Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England ; in two volumes. vol. I[-II].
Imprint
Philadelphia : Printed by and for William W. Woodward, no. 17, Chesnut Street, 1801.
Indexed In:
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 798
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 1648
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 1649
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 5710
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare Fic-L (accession nos. B593788, B593793) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Copy in Sc Rare Fic-L imperfect; lacking p. 239-244 [i.e. list of subscribers] in v. 2. NN
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Added Author
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. Poems on various subjects religious and moral.
Woodward, William W., printer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare Fic-L (Lavallee, J. Negro equalled by few Europeans. 1801)
*KL (Lavallée, J. Negro equalled by few Europeans)
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