Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Rusher's ed.
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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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Cover of: History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
2008, Broadview Press
in English
Cover of: The History of Rasselas
The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia
June 1993, Oxford University Press
Cover of: Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia
Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia
1909, Cassell & Co.
in English
Cover of: Histoire de Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie
Histoire de Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie
1846, Chez Stassin et Zavier
Cover of: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
Cover of: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
Cover of: Rassela
Rassela: principe d'Abissinia
1823, Whittaker
in Italian
Cover of: Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
1804, Printed for P. Rusher, and sold by R. Phillips, St. Paul's churchyard, London ; and by all other booksellers
in English - Rusher's ed.
Cover of: The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia
Cover of: Rasselas, prince d'Abissinie
Rasselas, prince d'Abissinie: roman
1798, Lackington, Allen
in French
Cover of: Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia
Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia: a tale
Publish date unknown, Geo. Barnes & Co.
in English

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Edition Notes

At head of title: New Mode of printing.

One of two issues described in C. R. Cheney's John Cheney and his descendants, 1936, p. 29.

"Philip Rusher patented this 'new mode' in 1802, and put it to a practical test in 1804, by the publication of this book, which is about as ugly a specimen of typography as can be conceived. His plan is to abolish all descending letters, such as g, p, and q, and instead to use a small capital. Although two other books in the same type were advertised the 'improvement' stopped with 'Rasselas.'"--Bigmore and Wyman.

Bigmore, E. C. and C. W. H. Wyman. Bibliography of printing, v. 2, p. 280.

MASS copy: In original blue paper wrappers printed in yellow.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.6
Library of Congress
PR3529 .A1 1804

The Physical Object

Pagination
[4], 135, [1] p. ;
Number of pages
135

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL20592377M

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