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The Fight with the Dragon. A Romance...

1825
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Object Information
  • Title: The Fight with the Dragon. A Romance...
  • Etcher: Henry Moses (British, London 1781/82–1870 Cowley, Middlesex)
  • Author: (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von Schiller (German, Marbach, Württemberg 1759–1805 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar)
  • Translator: John Payne Collier (British, London 1789–1883 Maidenhead)
  • Designer: After Moritz Retzsch (German, Dresden 1779–1857 Hoflössnitz bei Dresden)
  • Binder: Robert Seton (Edinburgh)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1825
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (17.5 × 22.7 cm)
    Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (19 × 25.7 cm)
    Volume: 10 7/16 × 8 1/16 × 5/8 in. (26.5 × 20.5 × 1.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.601.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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