• Publication: The Modern Atalantis; or, The Devil in an Air Balloon, Containing the Characters and Secret Memoirs of the Most Conspicuous Persons of High Quality, or Both Sexes, in the Island of Libertusia, in the Western OceanPublication Record # 823801
• Author: uncredited
• Date: 1784-00-00
• Publisher: G. Kearsley
• Price:
  2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: iv+125
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Webpages: hdl.handle.net
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 557239478
  • Reginald-1: 09622

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• iii • To J*** W*****, Esq. • essay by unknown [as by The Translator]
• 1 • The Modern Atalantis; or, The Devil in an Air Balloon, Containing the Characters and Secret Memoirs of the Most Conspicuous Persons of High Quality, or Both Sexes, in the Island of Libertusia, in the Western Ocean • [New Atlantis] • novel by Delarivier Manley [as by uncredited]