01484cam a2200373 4500 155707 20141120132830.0 860602s1769 enk 00000 eng 08029972 (OCoLC)ocm04644939 (OCoLC)4644939 (CStRLIN)PAUG86-B21513 (CaOTULAS)146831209 AAX2754 155707 PU PU PZ3.T617 L PR3736.T516 L6 1769 06/02/86 CTZ Tooke, William, 1744-1820. The loves of Othniel and Achsah. Tr. from the Chaldee. The loves of Othniel and Achsah. Translated from the Chaldee. Volume the first. Letter-press Full Volume v.1 The loves of Othniel and Achsah. Translated from the Chaldee. Volume the second. Letter-press Full Volume v.2 The first book. Letter-press Half Section v.1 The second book. Letter-press Half Section v.1 The third book. Letter-press Half Section v.1 The fourth book. Letter-press Half Section v.2 The fifth book. Letter-press Half Section v.2 The sixth book. Letter-press Half Section v.2 The seventh book. Letter-press Half Section v.2 The eighth book. Letter-press Half Section v.2 The loves of Othniel and Achsah. v.1 v.2 The loves of (verso) Othniel and Achsah. (recto) v.1 v.2 London. Printed by W. Tooke, For J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's-Church-Yard. M.DCC.LXIX. 1769 2 v. ; 20 cm. (8vo) Octavo The 'translation' was merely a blind, and Tooke's object appears to have been to give an account of Chaldee philosophy and religion. cf. Dict. nat. biog. Errata: vol. 1, p. [3]; vol. 2, p. 270. Pages have been cut out between full title page for v.2 and section title page for the fourth book. Red paint blotches, back and front paste-down endpaper, v.1 and v.2. Pages have been cut out between contents/errata page in v.1 and the preface. Library-related marginalia on back free endpaper of both volumes. Card covered in plastic envelope with info about the work, "Dr. Mendenhall" written beneath, between pages ii and iii. ESTC (RLIN) T99155 Raven, J. British fiction, 1750-1770, 1343 Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.), p. 238 Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) v.3, p.405 Table of contents Contents. Front v.1 Transcription: "Chap. I. Of the Zabians in general. Page 4..." Table of contents for Introduction, not main text. Errata Errata. Front v.1 Transcription: "Page 9. line 5. in the note, for Orphamet, read Opmaniel." Preface Preface. Front v.1 Transcription: "The translator of the present work has no mysterious story to entertain the reader with, in relating the wonderful manner by which he became possessed of the Ms—." Introduction Discourse concerning the Zabians. Front v.1 "Arabia, the noblest peninsula (if we may so call it) of Asia*, is surrounded by the Persian, the Indian, and the Red Sea, except on one side that it is joined to Syria and Persia;" This introduction is paginated with Roman numerals i-lxii. The preface is included in this pagination. The preface, introduction, and postscript have different signatures than the work, being lowercase while the work has uppercase signatures. Postscript Postscript. Front v.1 "Ricaut gives us the following account concerning these Zabians. They worship the sun as the greatest of all the gods, the moon as the greatest goddess, and the stats as inferior deities..." Font is italicized. Footnotes Front Middle v.1, v.2 Footnotes occur in the introduction and the main text and give geographical and historical information, definitions, and sometimes parts or all are written in Hebrew and Greek. Over 180 footnotes in both volumes combined. Errata Errata, Back v.2 "Errata, omitted in the list at the beginning of the first Volume." Third-person Transcription: "M. Boswear"(?) Pencil Last name of inscription is a guess. Front free endpaper v.1 v.2 "John C. Mendenhall--April 1927" Ink Front free endpaper v.1 v.2 Ink Words Numbers v.1 Located on front pastedown endpaper. Ink Words Numbers v.2 Located on front pastedown endpaper. Pencil Words Numbers v.2 Transcription: "I.7.24" Located on front pastedown endpaper. Pencil Words Numbers v.1 Transcription: "I7.23" Located on verso of front free endpaper. Pencil Words Numbers v.1 Located on front pastedown endpaper. Ink Words v.1 Recto of back free endpaper, looks like initials "MH" in elaborate script. Translation Title Page Chaldee "Translated from the Chaldee." A previous cataloguer identifies the translation as "a blind" Translator (text) Generic/Descriptive "The Translator of the present work..." Preface Male CHR 1769 PRO Mendenhall, John C. (autograph) (donor) Tooke, William 1744-1820 Printed by Authorized Wilkie, John d.1785 Printed for Authorized Early Novels University of Pennsylvania Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania) PU England London. RBC \\Singer-\Menden-\hall\ 2 v. 06/02/86 C RBC 1:(v.1-2) 50-1404 g. Dr. John C. Mendenhall Ex libris Mendenhall, John C. (autograph) 06/02/86 C Love Othniel Achsah Translate Chaldee First Second Volume MH 6/23/15 University of Pennsylvania NB