Ferdinand & Elmira: a Russian story by a lady in Massachusetts; author of Julia, The speculator, and Amelia.

ID 20557
Title Ferdinand & Elmira: a Russian story by a lady in Massachusetts; author of Julia, The speculator, and Amelia.
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Signed Author By a lady in Massachusetts; author of Julia, The speculator, and Amelia.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 311
Date of Publication 1804
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1804
Imprint Printed for Samuel Butler, by John West Butler, South Gay Street.
Colophon J.W. Butler, printer.
Copyright Statement District of Maryland; to wit: Be it remembered, that on the Sixteenth day of June in the Twenty-Eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel butler, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit; "Ferdinand and Elmira; A Russian Story, by a Lady of Massachusetts; Author of Julia, the Spectator, and Amelia, "A Critic was of old a glorious name, Whose sanction handed merit up to fame; Beauties, as well as faults, he brought to view; His Judgment great, and great his candor too; No servile ruler drew sickly taste aside; Secure he walk'd, for Nature was his guide. But now: O strange reverse! our Critics bawl In praise of Candor with a heart of gall; Conscious of guilt, and fearful of the light, They lurk enshrouded in the veil of night: Safe from detraction seize the unwary prey, And stab, like [?], all who come that way! - Churchill's Apology. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the author or proprietors of such Copies, during the time therein mentioned. PHILIP MOORE, Clerk of the District.
Location of Printing Baltimore US
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Length (cm) 17
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Notes From AAS: Attributed to Sarah Wood in the Dictionary of American biography.
Copyright June 16, 1804, by Samuel Butler.
"The work has been carefully corrected and revised; and the publishers trust that its general execution, and its own intrinsic merit, are such as will insure an ample and speedy sale to this its first edition."--p. [4].
"J.W. Butler, printer."--colophon, p. 311.
"New publications, printed for, and sold by Samuel Butler, at his bookstore, corner of Charles and Market streets"--p. [313-316].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.),
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American Antiquarian Society copy rebound. Has bookplate: Presented to the Redwood Library, Newport, R.I. by bequest of Jos. J. Cooke ... 1883. Has ink stamps of the Redwood Library.
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Wood, Sally Sayward Barrell Keating. Ferdinand & Elmira: a Russian story by a lady in Massachusetts; author of Julia, The speculator, and Amelia.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20557, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20557. Accessed 2025-10-27. 

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  author={Wood,Sally Sayward Barrell Keating},
  year={1804},
  title={Ferdinand & Elmira: a Russian story by a lady in Massachusetts; author of Julia, The speculator, and Amelia.},
  publisher={Samuel Butler},
  address={Baltimore},    }

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