Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
An Asiatic tale. : To which is added, Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. : The three volumes complete in one.
by Samuel Johnson, Warren L. Fleischauer, Félix Paknadel, Octavie Belot, and James MacAulay
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This short novel is a satire on the philosophical stories popular at the time, such as Voltaire’s Candide. A young man is accompanied on his travels by an older wiser teacher, who explains various situations they encounter in terms of happiness or otherwise.
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June 1993, Oxford University Press
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.: An Asiatic tale. : To which is added, Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. : The three volumes complete in one.
1795, Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman.
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Running title: The Prince of Abissinia.
Attributed to Samuel Johnson in the Dictionary of national biography. Dinarbas is attributed to Cornelia Knight.
Signatures: pi1 A-Uœ́ Wœ́ [X]℗ø ([X]2 blank)
Printer's monogram device on title page.
Evans 28904.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28904)
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| August 4, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Updated format '[microform] :' to 'Microform'; cleaned up pagination |
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