The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain. To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines of verse]

All titles

• The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain. To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines of verse]
• Naufrage et aventures de Monsieur Pierre Viaud. English

People / Organizations

• Jean Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell in Third-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]

Publication year

1774

ESTC No.

W29514

Grub Street ID

339783

Description

xii,144,[4],108,[4]p., [1]leaf of plates : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

Each work has separate title page and pagination. The first, attributed by Evans to Jean Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle, is "Translated from the French by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Griffith," and has running title: The adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud.

The frontispiece, engraved by James Smither, is the only illustration. In some copies, the frontispiece is printed in red.

Error in paging: p. 60, 2nd count, misnumbered 50.

"Occasional elegy."--p. 106-108, 2nd count.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-N? chi? ?A-I? 2chi? ([A]1 recto blank)