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Walker, Mary, Lady. Munster Village, A Novel. 1st. Ed. London: Printed for Robson and Co. New Bond Street, 1778.

Transcription Vol I:
MUNSTER VILLAGE | A | NOVEL | IN TWO VOLUMES | VOL I. | LONDON | Printed for Robson and Co. New Bond Street; | Waltzer, Charing Crofs; | And Robinson, Paternoster Row, | M.DCC.LXXVIII.

Transcription Vol II:
MUNSTER VILLAGE | A | NOVEL | IN TWO VOLUMES | VOL II. | LONDON | Printed for Robson and Co. New Bond Street; | Waltzer, Charing Crofs; | And Robinson, Paternoster Row, | M.DCC.LXXVIII.

Pagination:
Vol. I 205.
Vol II 262.

Format: 8mo.

Contents Vol I:
A1r cover page
A1v title
Br-O5v text
O6r advertisement

Contents Vol II:
A1r cover page
A1v title
Br-S2 text

Notes: Both volumes sourced from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, facsimile accessed through ECCO, Gale Document Number: CW3316601754, First Volume ends with “End of the First Volume.” Final page in First Volume advertises another novel: “Just Published | The SECOND EDITION | in Five Small Volumes, price 15s. bound | LETTERS | FROM THE | Duchess De Crui and Others |.” Second Volume ends with “FINIS.”

 

THE | MUTABILITY | OF | HUMAN LIFE; | OR, | MEMOIRS | OF | ADELAIDE, MARCHIONESS OF MELVILLE. | BY A LADY. | IN THREE VOLUMES. | VOL. I. | LONDON, | PRINTED FOR J. BEW, IN PATER-NOSTER-ROW. | 1777.

Pagination:

Vol. I 1-256,
Vol. II 1-273,
Vol. III 1-232

Format: Duodecimo

Contents:

Volume I A1 Title, B1 Title and Text, B2-M8: Text
Volume II A1 Title, B1 Title and Text, B2-N5: Text
Volume III A1 Title, B1 Title and Text, B2-L7: Text

NOTES: Volume I sourced from Harvard University Houghton Library, accessed through Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO) Gale Access Number: CW110192464. Page 1: Begins with shortened title [four horizontal lines] THE | MUTABILITY | OF HUMAN LIFE &ETC | [one horizontal line separating title from text] VOL I in lower right corner. Volume 1 ends with END OF FIRST VOLUME. Volume II sourced from Harvard University Houghton Library, accessed through Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO) Gale Access Number: CW110192723. Page 1: Same format with shortened title as Volume I; VOL II in lower right corner. Volume II ends with END OF SECOND VOLUME. Volume III sourced from Harvard University Houghton Library, accessed through Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO) Gale Access Number: CW110192997. Page 1: Same format with shortened title as Volume I; VOL III in lower right corner. Volume III ends with FINIS.

This experimental bibliography aims to capture just how frustrating it was to try to read this novel. The traditional bibliography only captures the facts that apply to the book as a physical object and does not express how a reader would interact with the novel. This, however, is an extremely important piece of information as the novel purposely made for readers to use it and gain information. The corresponding photos aim to express the thought process of one modern reader's attempt at discerning the message of the novel.

This experimental bibliography aims to capture just how frustrating it was to try to read this novel.

"Misplaced Confidence" pages 31-34 retyped and annotated

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Renwick, William. Misplaced Confidence. 1st ed. London: Fielding and Walker and J. Whelble, 1777.

MISPLACED CONFIDENCE;| OR, |FRIENDSHIP BETRAYED:| CONTAINING,| A Genuine NARRATIVE of Real Misfortune; | Interspersed with striking Anecdotes of | some of The most illustrious Characters of the Present Age,| As well as Antient History. | [two thin horizontal lines] | FRONTI NULLA FIDES. | [one thin horizontal line] | "VIRTUE (for mere good nature is a tool) | "Is sense and spirit, with humanity: | " 'Tis ev'n vidictive, but in vengeance just." | ARMSTRONG | [one thin horizontal line] | VOLUME I. | [two thin horizontal lines]| LONDON: Printed for the AUTHOR, | AND SOLD BY | FIELDING and WALKER, in PATER-NOSTER-ROW, | And J. WHEBLE, in FLEET-STREET. | [centered ornamental design] | MDCCLXXVII.

Volume I: Roman numerals iii-xxiv, Arabic numerals 25-196
Volume II: Arabic numerals 3-203
Volume III: Arabic numerals 3-218

Folio with 6s

Content
Volume I: A1r title, A1v blank, A2r-a6v dedication, B1r-P4v text
Volume II: B1r title, B1v blank, B2r-S6r text
Volume III: A1r title, A1v blank, A2r-T1v text, T2r-v advertisement

Notes
Volume I sourced from British Library; facsimile accessed through ECCO (Gale Document Number CW109406755). Volume II sourced from British Library; facsimile accessed through ECCO (Gale Document Number CW109406954). Volume III sourced from British Library; facsimile accessed through ECCO (Gale Document Number CW109407156).

An alternative cover for the novel The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman.

Short bibliographic summary:

Anonymous. The travels of Hildebrand Bowman, esquire, Into Carnovirria, Taupiniera, Olfactaria, and Auditante, in New-Zealand; in the Island of Bonhommica, and in the powerful Kingdom of Luxo-Volupto, on the Great Southern Continent. Written by Himself; Who went on shore in the Adventure's large Cutter, at Queen Charlotte's Sound New Zealand, the fatal 17th of December 1773; and escaped being cut off, and devoured, with the rest of the Boat's crew, by happening to be a-shooting in the woods; where he was afterwards unfortunately left behind by the Adventure. London, 1778.

Title page transcription:

THE | TRAVELS | OF | HILDEBRAND BOWMAN, | ESQUIRE | Into CARNOVIRRIA, TAUPINIERA, OLFACTA- | RIA and AUDITANTE, in NEW-ZEALAND; in | the Island of BONHOMMICA, and in the power- | ful Kingdom of LUXO-VOLUPTO, on the | GREAT SOUTHERN CONTINENT, | WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, | who went on shore in the ADVENTURE'S large Cutter, at | Queen Charlotte's Sound New Zealand, the fatal 17th | of December 1773; and escaped being cut off, and | devoured, with the rest of the Boat's crew, by happen- | ing to be a-shooting in the woods; where he was after- | wards unfortunately left behind by the ADVENTURE. | [ornamental line] | An Ape, and Savage, (cavil all you can), | Differ not more, than Man compared with Man | ANONYMOUS | [double ornamental line] | LONDON: | Printed for W. SIRAHAN ; and T. CADELL, in | the Strand. 1778.

Pagination:

400 pp

Format:

Octavo

Contents:

A1 Title, A2-A4 Dedication, A5-A6 "A Card" to the Public, A7-A14 Contents and Errata, B1-Cc16 Text

Notes:

Sourced from the British Library and accessed from Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Document Number: CW3309457681. There appears to be a faint letter on the first page midway through the title, possibly an "R". Book is divided into 9 chapters, each with a length description of the contents. Errata are included after the table of contents. Pages prior to Chapter 1 have lowercase Roman numerals in the upper corners, marking page number. ECCO shows only 14 pages in section A, instead of 16. Double lines are used as ornaments above each chapter title. Novel ends with FINIS on page 400.

 

Throughout the course, we have discussed how novels were looked down upon by many English readers in the eighteenth/nineteenth century. For my experimental bibliography project, I gathered the bibliographic information for "Travels for the Heart," a novel of low renown that has very little information available aside from the raw bibliographic data found on the Eighteenth century novels database.

This novel is a quintessential travel novel that captures the English tendency of romanticizing continental Europe. Through the preface, the novel seeks to establish some diplomatic message by framing the opening message as a personal account from an English emissary in France. However, if one reads through the description, the novel actually consists of common Englishmen exploring the North of France, marveling at Gothic cathedrals in Brittany and Calais, and also having strange escapades with the local French population. With my traditional bibliography, I parsed out the preface into four parts, using photography from campus of Gothic/Romanesque architecture that characterizes cathedrals in Northern France, which is the centerpiece of setting in this novel. With that, I also sought to make it like an advertisement of sorts to highlight the reproducibility and widespread 'averageness' of this novel which would appeal to a British person enamored with the attractions of continental Europe.

My experimental bibliography seeks to capture the romanticization of Continental Europe present in the English travel novel. A traditional bibliography focuses on text and the novel as a published work, but my project tries to capture the content within by portraying the Gothic architecture of the setting through images, and incorporating that with prefatory text.