Poems on various subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England.

Author
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London, Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate; and sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-street, Boston, 1773.
Description
v, [1] p., 1 ., [9]-124, [4] p. front. (port.) 17.1 cm.

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Library of Congress genre
Poetry [Browse]
Notes
  • First edition; cf. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (Philadelphia: Library Co.), no. 11111; Negro history, 1553-1903 (Philadelphia. Library Co.), no. 194; and The Negro in the United States, by Dorothy B. Porter, no. 1284.
  • Frontispiece is an engraved port. of the author.
  • "Published ... Septr. 1st, 1773 by Archd. Bell, bookseller no. 8 near the Saracens Head Aldgate."--Front.
  • Signatures: [A]-Q⁴.
References
ESTC T153734
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OCLC
916479
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