The shepherdess of the Alps : a very interesting, pathetic and moral tale.
Bibliographic Citation:
Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799. The shepherdess of the Alps : a very interesting, pathetic and moral tale. York : J. Kendrew, printer, Collier-Gate, [180-?]
Alternative Title:
Bergère des Alpes. English
Creator:
Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799.
Contributor:
Kendrew, James.
Publisher:
J. Kendrew, printer, Collier-Gate, [180-?]
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Anonymous; a translation of "La bergère des Alpes," one of the "Contes moraux" of Marmontel.
  • "Published by request."
  • Osborne Coll. (p. 481) dates James Kendrew's years of activity 1803-1841; ESTC gives date as [1795?].
  • Cover included in pagination.
  • First sentence: "In that part of the Alps, amidst the high mountains of Savoy, very near the road that leads from Briancon to Modena, is a lonely valley ..."
  • Includes two woodcuts: title vignette (depicting a woman and a man holding hands, seated on a bench against a wall, a tree overhead) and tailpiece at end (2 small figures holding hands, a house in the left background).
  • Citations/References: ESTC N46342
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 17 cm. (12mo)
Language:
English
Subject:
Mountain life -- Fiction.
Women shepherds -- Fiction.
Shepherds -- Fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Savoy Alps (France) -- Fiction
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- York -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 K4 S45 1800z Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7930
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K4_S45_1800z