The shepherdess of the Alps : a very interesting, pathetic, and moral history.
Bibliographic Citation:
Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799. The shepherdess of the Alps : a very interesting, pathetic, and moral history. Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, [ca. 1839]
Alternative Title:
Bergère des Alpes. English
Publisher:
Printed for the booksellers, [ca. 1839]
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Anonymous; a translation of "La bergère des Alpes," one of the "Contes moraux" of Marmontel.
  • Pamphlets with this imprint date from between 1835 and 1849; probably printed by Francis Orr & Sons (cf. Meriton, J. Small books: p. 987 (114), p. 988 (126)).
  • Cover included in pagination.
  • At foot of cover: 97.
  • 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 one woodcut (title vignette).
  • Citations/References: NSTC 2S18901
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 16 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Copyright:
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Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B65_S45_1839