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An elegy on the lamented death of the electrical eel, or gymnotus electricus. with the Lapidary inscription, as placed on a super erection, at the expence of the countess of H---------, and Chevalier-Madame d'eon de beaumont. By Lucretia Lovejoy, sister to Mr. Adam Strong, author of The electrical eel.

Title
  1. An elegy on the lamented death of the electrical eel, [electronic resource] : or gymnotus electricus. with the Lapidary inscription, as placed on a super erection, at the expence of the countess of H---------, and Chevalier-Madame d'eon de beaumont. By Lucretia Lovejoy, sister to Mr. Adam Strong, author of The electrical eel.
Published by
  1. London : printed for T. Hookham, Hanover-Street, and J. Bew, Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
Author
  1. Lovejoy, Lucretia.

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Description
  1. [4],29,[1]p.; 4⁰.
Subject
  1. Electric eel > Early works to 1800
  2. Elegiac poetry > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
  1. Poems.
Note
  1. Lucretia Lovejoy is a pseudonym.
  2. A reissue of the sheets of the 1777 edition, with a cancel titlepage.
  3. Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Six-Pence.
  4. Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Indexed in (note)
  1. English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  1. Electronic reproduction.
Author
  1. Lovejoy, Lucretia.
Title
  1. An elegy on the lamented death of the electrical eel, [electronic resource] : or gymnotus electricus. with the Lapidary inscription, as placed on a super erection, at the expence of the countess of H---------, and Chevalier-Madame d'eon de beaumont. By Lucretia Lovejoy, sister to Mr. Adam Strong, author of The electrical eel.
Imprint
  1. London : printed for T. Hookham, Hanover-Street, and J. Bew, Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
Reproduction
  1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed in:
  1. English Short Title Catalog, N1260.
Connect to:
  1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of publication
  1. Great Britain England London.
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