Title page in red and black., With a half-title., In this edition the last line of the Dunciad is correctly numbered 620., Horizontal chain lines., Signatures: [A]², B-E⁸, F⁴ (F4 blank), ²A-H⁸, I²., and One of ten volumes rebound in mottled calf by Riviere for Sir William Fraser (1826-1898), three of which are added volumes not Horace Walpole's. With Horace Walpole's bookplate 1 and press-mark K.5.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763 (marked 9 vols. but only 7 were sold); moved to the Glass Closet. Also with bookplates of Sir William Fraser, Beverly Chew, and James Wyckoff.
English Woman (Author of To the women of England), author
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
File 63 803 En58++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At a time when every man who is a Briton acknowledges the blessing by pressing forward to offer ...
Description:
Signed: An English Woman., "Extract from the British Neptune of Sunday, August 7.", "What has been thus feebly urged and attempted by an obscure individual, the affections which live in the breasts of the mother, the wife, the sister, will enforce and accomplish. Poor in everything but love to Britain, my native land, the citadel of my comforts, I throw my mite into the British Treasury.", With contemporary manuscript annotation "James L. Mifflin English Paper" in ink on verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ginger, no. 169, Piccadilly; where all the patriotic papers may be had, sorted and W. Flint, printer, Old Bailey
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Women in war, and Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
"View of the grand front of the theatre; a lion and unicorn to left and right of the pedament at top, with a sculpture of armour and weapons in the centre, pillasters across middle of building and an iron balcony above ground floor; in foreground to right a carriage and a sedan chair, to the left street traders and other figures."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nouvelle façade, vers Bridges Street, de la principale entrée du Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., "Possibly an illustration from 'The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam', 1773-1822"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catlalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3116., and Tipped in at page 640 (leaf numbered '89' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., and London,
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, Theaters, Facades, Carriages & coaches, Sedan chairs, Street vendors, and Dogs