History of Constantius and Pulchera; or, Virtue Rewarded.
Baltimore: Samuel Sower, 1802. 19 cm. 147 pp., [4] pp. ads. Recent library buckram, new endpapers. Stamp on title page of Frederick College Library. Wright I, 1203a; American Imprints 2409 (but not this publisher). The ads are for new publications printed for and sold by Samuel Butler at his bookstore located corner of Charles and Market Streets. OCLC shows a single listing AAS without ads. The eighth or ninth printing of this early American novel set during the American Revolution. This enormously popular tale appeared in 1794 and was reprinted at least 11 times before 1834. It "illustrates the relationship sometimes existing between the novel of adventurous travel and the semi-historical novel. In its cheerful conglomeration of improbabilities it agreeably suggests a prophetic caricature of the modern tale of adventure"-Loshe, p. 64. Item #71041
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