Imprint Record

The Benevolent Jew.

  • Imprint Number: 1803.045
  • Title: Theodore Cyphon: or, The benevolent Jew. A novel in two volumes. By George Walker, author of The House of Tynian, Vagabond, &c.
  • Sequence Number: 45
  • Year: 1803
  • Place Issued: Alexandria
  • Issuing Press: Samuel Snowden, for Robert & John Gray
  • Author: Walker, George (1772-1847).
  • Notes: None of the standard bibliographic authorities record an extant second volume, nor do any modern digital catalogues; original edition (1797) was a three-volume imprint, suggesting that this Alexandria edition was an extract that was never completed with a second volume.
    The brothers Robert & John Gray conducted a successful bookstore in Alexandria from 1800 to 1808, when John retired from the business; Robert continued alone until 1814.

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