Schubarts Lied an die Würtembergischen Truppen, die nach dem Cap der Guten Hoffnung gesandt worden [electronic resource].

Author: Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel, 1739-1791
Published: [Pennsylvania?] : [publisher not identified], [1800?]
Physical Description: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 28 x 23 cm

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Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49510

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Mercenary troops—South Africa—Songs and music

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Verse in twelve numbered stanzas; first lines: Auf auf! ihr Brüder! und seyd stark, der Abschieds-Tag ist da.
Occasioned by the departure, ca. 1786, of German mercenaries, led by Karl Eugen of Wittemberg, for South Africa. The typography suggests Pennsylvania, perhaps Ephrata, as place of publication. The Cape song, with slight variations in text, was also published in Der Hoch-deutsche americanische Calendar, auf das Jahr 1801 (Germantown, Pa. : Michael Billmeyer, [1800]).
Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.2 x 16.7 cm.
Not listed in Charles Evans' American bibliography (Chicago : Blakely Press, 1903-1959) or in Roger Bristol's Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 1970).
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Electronic 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. 49510).

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