Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Roman stories, or, The history of the seven wise masters of Rome : containing seven days entertainment, in many pleasant and witty tales, or stories, wherein the treachery of evil councillors is discovered innocency cleared, and the wisdom of seven wise philosophers displayed : newly corrected and better explain'd, and enlarg'd : adorned with many pretty pictures, lively expressing each history.
Call Number
Hamilton 164s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6682x753m
Publisher
New York : Printed for Benjamin Gomez, 1795.
Language
English
Date Created
1795
Extent
144 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Provenance
Inscribed "Elias Bruce Oroman"--in ink, on p. 2 of cover.
References
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 164
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Bookseller's advertisement, t.p. verso.
Binding Note
Original boards covered with woodcut, colored, floreated paper; sheepskin on spine.

Discovery Information

Subject
Children's stories, American
Fiction

Physical Characteristics

File Count
150

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/36b68f51-6b11-4943-8273-ae4ca4c684a1/manifest