Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A Wonderful discovery of a hermit who lived upwards of 200 years.
Call Number
E Row 2/GC053/Box 04/Normal GA 2024.04576
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcn009wh192
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1786?]
Language
English
Date Created
1786
Format
Book
Extent
1 sheet ([1] pages) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 39 x 25.5 cm
References
Bristol B6254
Shipton & Mooney 44863
Sinclair Hamilton Collection no. 110
ESTC W17154
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
The hermit was purportedly discovered by Capt. James Buckland and Mr. John Fielding, who in 1785 "agreed to travel into the western parts of this vast country to explore the regions which belong to these United States, which are yet unknown to us."
Date of publication suggested by Bristol.
Text in three columns.
Relief cut of Buckland, Fielding, and the hermit at head of title. Hand colored.
Princeton copy 1 Mounted in mat.

Discovery Information

Subject
Hermits
Voyages, Imaginary
Broadsides—18th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/788acf15-9881-4e82-b6e2-366ea25e9669/manifest