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Emma Corbett : exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters. / Published by Courtney Melmoth, author of The pupil of pleasure, &c. &c. ; [Four lines from Pratt] ; The first[-third and last] volume.

Author/creator Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814
Other author/creatorRousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]
Description3 volumes ; 20 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44443. ^A478749
General noteFirst published at Bath and London in 1780 under title: Emma Corbett; or, The miseries of civil war. Founded on some recent circumstances which happened in America.
General note"Courtney Melmoth" is a pseudonym of Samuel Jackson Pratt.
General noteVol. 1: 48 p.; v. 2: 48 p.; v. 3: 48 p.
General note"A speech on the probability of a happy marriage addressed by a father to his daughter. From the French of John James Rousseau."--v. 3, p. 45-48.
General noteBookseller's advertisements, v. 1, p. 48, v. 2, p. 48, v. 3, p. [2] and 48.
References Bristol B5789
References Shipton & Mooney 44443
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44443).
Genre/formNovels.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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