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Descriptive Information

Title
History of the heathen gods and heroes of antiquity : to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the gods and giants : the whole newly arranged, corrected and enlarged with the addition of several original and valuable articles / by William Sheldon.
Call Number
Hamilton 205s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cn69m7923
Publisher
Worcester [Mass.] : By Isaiah Thomas, [1809]
Language
English
Date Created
1809
Extent
xxiv, [25]-216 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
References
Shaw & Shoemaker, 18599.
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), 205
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Preface dated from Worcester, October, 1809.
Woodcut plates; 8 plates signed by James Akin and 4 by Thomas Wightman.
Includes index.
Binding Note
Original boards with calf back and marbled paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mythology, Classical

Physical Characteristics

File Count
284

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3cc1a47d-23f8-4250-b9ee-8f303f9f60c4/manifest