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Bibliographic Citation:

Ducange, Victor, 1783-1833. Therese, or, The orphan of Geneva : an original romance, founded on the French story : as now performing, with unbounded applause, at all the London theatres. Embellished with four copperplate engravings, beautifully coloured. London : Printed for Hodgson, 43, King-Street, Snow Hill., [1822?] ([London : Printed by Hodgson, No. 25, Fleet Street])

Alternative Title:

Thérèse. English
Orphan of Geneva

Creator:

Ducange, Victor, 1783-1833.

Contributor:

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. egr
Wilkinson, Sarah Scudgell.
Hodgson & Co. (Publishers)

Publisher:

Printed for Hodgson, 43, King-Street, Snow Hill., [1822?]

Notes:

Undated. Hodgson & Co. at Fleet Street address in 1822, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 91.
"(Price Sixpence.)"
Adaptation of: Thérèse, by Victor Ducange, a play first published in English in 1821. cf. Summers, M. Gothic bib., p. 531-532.
Translation attributed to Sarah Wilkinson.
Title page and frontispiece only.
Hand-coloured frontispiece probably by Robert Cruikshank.
First sentence: "The cloud-topt glaciers of Switzerland reflected wide the rays of the sun, now rising majestic from the eastern ocean."
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 in a collection of 57 title pages and frontispieces from 1820 to 1828 that represent a better technique than some earlier examples as the strong colours are not applied as carelessly as some of the earlier and cheaper booklets; accession number: 359087.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 18 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

French drama -- Translations into English -- 19th century.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Miscellaneous

Call Number:

PN970 R63 no.59 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8115

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_R63_no_59_elf