The Babler Containing a Careful Selection from Those Entertaining and Interesting Essays Which Have Given the Public So Much Satisfaction Under That Title During a Course of Four Years in Owen's Weekly Chronicle Vol II
by Kelly, Hugh
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
J Newbery, 1767. 285pp, worn marbled paper covered boards and cracked leather spine, the front hinge weak but holding. Internally clean and tight. From LXVI May 1 ( The lowest orders of people proved to be the only true patriots in England.) to CXXIII June 5 (The Conclusion) - includes reflexions on literature, on cruelty to animals, two Jewish soldiers, the absurdity of astrology, a male prostitute, the absurdity of singers in private company etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Hessay Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16759
- Title
- The Babler Containing a Careful Selection from Those Entertaining and Interesting Essays Which Have Given the Public So Much Satisfaction Under That Title During a Course of Four Years in Owen's Weekly Chronicle Vol II
- Author
- Kelly, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J Newbery
- Date Published
- 1767
- Keywords
- Essays, Periodical, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature
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- Hinge
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