POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1768 & 1794, BY PHILIP FRENEAU, OF NEW JERSEY. A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR; INCLUDING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF PIECES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

Freneau, Philip

Published by Printed at the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point, Monmouth [N.J.], 1795

About this Item

xv, [1 blank], 455, [1 errata] pp, with the half title, as issued. Some light toning and occasional foxing. Bound in original, moderately worn sheep, spine ends fraying, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Endpapers spotted, inner hinges weakened, text lightly spotted. Good+. Freneau printed this book on his own press, the only edition of Freneau's poetry so printed. It is also the only full-length book issuing from this short-lived New Jersey press. Felcone says, "The presswork is poor, and there are numerous typographical errors and mis-paginations, some of which were corrected by stop-press alterations, resulting in slight differences between copies." Felcone, New Jersey Books 96. Wegelin 173. BAL 6445. Evans 28712. Seller Inventory # 38695

Bibliographic Details

Title: POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1768 & 1794,...

Publisher: Printed at the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point, Monmouth [N.J.]

Publication Date: 1795

Binding: Hardcover