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Sappho and Phaon, [Frontispiece and title-page]

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Title
Sappho and Phaon, [Frontispiece and title-page]
Names
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 (Author)
Collection

Sappho and Phaon: in a series of legitimate sonnets, with thoughts on poetical subjects, and anecdotes of the Grecian poetess

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1796
Place: London
Publisher: Printed by S. Gosnell, for the Author, and sold by Hookham and Carpenter, Bond Street
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (Robinson, M. Sappho and Phaon)
Topics
Sappho
Genres
Title pages
Frontispieces
Portraits
Prints
Description
Title page with hand-colored engraved frontispiece cameo portrait of Sappho, by M.na Bovi.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14094031
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4ff0a2d0-c604-012f-dab3-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1758: Creator Born
  • 1796: Issued
  • 1800: Creator Died
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Sappho and Phaon" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1796. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7a5073e1-6730-11ce-e040-e00a1806065e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Sappho and Phaon" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7a5073e1-6730-11ce-e040-e00a1806065e

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1796). Sappho and Phaon Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7a5073e1-6730-11ce-e040-e00a1806065e

Wikipedia Citation

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Sappho and Phaon