THE DEATH OF ABEL

Authors: Macgowan, John

Gessner, Solomon

Categories: Religion

Foreign

Fiction

Prose

Year: 1815

Publisher: J. Bennett, 5 York-Buildings, New Town

Pagination: 400

Dimensions: 21.5 x 13 cm

Illustrations: Frontispiece 'DEATH OF ABEL | Published by J. Bennett, 5, York Buildings New Town Plymouth.' Half-title (engraving). xviii 'LIFE OF JOSEPH | Published by J. Bennett, 5, York Buildings New Town Plymouth.' etc.

City: Plymouth

Document Type: Book

Language: English

Printer: J. Mudge, Fore-Street, Dock

Binding: Brown, half calf. Front and back covers cloth. SPINE: [gilt-tooled] 'DEATH | OF | ABEL | DEATH | OF | CAIN | LIFE | OF | JOSEPH'.

Edges: Trimmed

Other Content: Footnotes

Translation: From the German

Notes:

Full-title: THE DEATH OF ABEL, TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF GESSNER; WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR: TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED THE DEATH OF CAIN AFTER THE MANNER AND AS A SEQUEL TO THE DEATH OF ABEL: TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED AS A SUITABLE COMPANION &C. Summary: p. I title-page and publisher's imprint. P. iii 'TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE | TO THE | THIRD EDITION.' p. v 'MEMOIRS | OF | SOLOMON GESSNER.' p. xviiii 'THE | AUTHOR'S PREFACE.' p. 1 'ADVERTISEMENT,' signed 'Plymouth, Jan. 1st, 1818.' p. 3-131 text 'THE | DEATH OF ABEL.' p. 135 'PREFACE | TO THE | DEATH OF CAIN.' p. 137 'THE | INTRODUCTION: | COMPRISING | A view of the principle Events in the History of Man | from the Creation until the Death of Abel.' p. 165-234 text 'THE | DEATH OF CAIN.' p. 235 'RECOMMENDATION,' signed 'Vide Monthly Review. Oct. 1771.' p. 236 'PREFACE.' p. 247-400 text 'THE | LIFE OF JOSEPH.'