| Main Author: Irving, Washington,
1783-1859.
Title: A history of New York, from the beginning of the world to
the
end of the Dutch dynasty. : Containing among many
surprising and
curious matters, the unutterable
ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the
disastrous
projects of William the Testy, and the
chivalric
achievments [sic] of Peter the Headstrong, the three
Dutch
governors of New Amsterdam; being the only
authentic history of the
times that ever hath been, or
ever will be published. / By Diedrich
Knickerbocker. ;
[Two line of Dutch verse] ; In two volumes. Vol.
I[-II].
Imprint: [New York] : Published by Inskeep & Bradford, New
York;
Bradford & Inskeep, Philadelphia; Wm. M'Ilhenney,
Boston;
Coale & Thomas, Baltimore; and Morford,
Willington, & Co.
Charleston., 1809.
Description: 2 v. : 1 ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes: By Washington Irving.
Frontispiece signed: Copied from an
ancient etching of the
same size, published by Justus Danckers, at
Amsterdam.
"Copy-right secured according to law."--versos of
title
pages.
Vol. 1: [5], viii-xxiii, [1], 268 p., [1] folded leaf
of
plates; v. 2: [2], 258 p.
References: Shaw & Shoemaker 17820
BAL 10098
Wright, L.H.
Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 1408
Local Note(s): American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of Charles
H.
Taylor, 1930. Vol. 2 inscribed: J. Amory.
Subject(s): New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca.
1600-1775
--Humor.
Genre(s): Satires.
Intaglio prints.
Leather bindings
(Binding).
Stained leather (Binding).
Gold tooled leather
(Binding).
Lettering pieces (Binding).
Printer/Publisher(s):
M'Ilhenney, William, 1779?-1854,
publisher.
Bradford and Inskeep, publisher.
Coale & Thomas,
publisher.
E. Morford, Willington, and Co., publisher.
Former Owner/Donor(s):
Taylor, Charles Henry, 1867-1941,
donor.
Amory, J., former owner.
Primary Material: Book
Call number(s): Reserve 1809
Microform availability:
Early American imprints, second series
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