The chinese orphan: an historical tragedy. Alter'd from a specimen of the Chinese tragedy, in Du Halde's History of China. Interspers'd with songs, after the Chinese manner.

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Title The chinese orphan: an historical tragedy. Alter'd from a specimen of the Chinese tragedy, in Du Halde's History of China. Interspers'd with songs, after the Chinese manner.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination vii, 75
Date of Publication 1741
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1741
Imprint Printed for Charles Corbett, at Addison's-Head, opposite St. Dunstan's-Church, in Fleet-Street.
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Octavo (8vo)
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Price (shilling) 1
Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 18
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Notes An advertisement in the Daily Advertiser from Jan. 13, 1744 notes that this title was sold by Eliza Haywood at her shop "at the Sign of Fame, in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden." See p. 5 of Gale Document number Z2000149182 for advertisement.
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Hatchett, William. The chinese orphan: an historical tragedy. Alter'd from a specimen of the Chinese tragedy, in Du Halde's History of China. Interspers'd with songs, after the Chinese manner.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26384, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26384. Accessed 2026-03-28. 

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  title={The chinese orphan: an historical tragedy. Alter'd from a specimen of the Chinese tragedy, in Du Halde's History of China. Interspers'd with songs, after the Chinese manner.},
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