The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. An Asiatic tale. The two volumes complete in one. Volume the first[-second]. [Five lines from La Rochfoucauld]

All titles

• The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. An Asiatic tale. The two volumes complete in one. Volume the first[-second]. [Five lines from La Rochfoucauld]
• Rasselas

People / Organizations

• every purchaser ("printed for")
• Samuel Johnson (Author)

Imprint

[Philadelphia] America: Printed [by Robert Bell] for every purchaser, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

Publication year

1768-1768

ESTC No.

W12717

Grub Street ID

322004

Description

192p. : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

Attributed to Samuel Johnson in the Dictionary of national biography.

The first American edition. Cf. Rosenbach.

Frontispiece probably the work of Henry Dawkins or James Claypoole. Cf. Hildeburn.

Place of publication and printer's name supplied by Evans.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-Q?