NMLP P-034456 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Piazza Tales

Herman Melville · Dix, Edwards & Co. (New York) · 1856

First edition, published May 1856 by Dix, Edwards & Co., New York (contract signed March 17, 1856; advertised 'in press' April 5; copy deposited for copyright May 20), printed by Miller & Holman as a duodecimo of 431 pages plus seven pages of publisher's advertisements

Full identification guide for this title →

New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-034456 for "The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034456, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).