An election ball, in poetical letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife, at Glocester
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Type of record: Book
Title: An election ball, in poetical letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife, at Glocester
Classmark: Roberts Collection/ANS
Creator(s): Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Additional creator(s): Reading, Burnet (fl. 1775-1822) (Other); W. H (fl.1660) (Other); Bampfylde, Copplestone-Warre (1719?-1791) (Other)
Related people: Horace; Reading, Burnet; W. H; Bampfylde, Copplestone-Warre
Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1779
Language: English
Size and medium: 64 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/338223
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011214079705181
Description
"The first ode of the the first book of Horace imitated", with Latin notes on opposite pages, is addressed to John Miller: p. [5]-21.
"An election ball": p. [23]-64.
Illustrations by [Burnet] Read, and W.H.; after Copplestone-Warre Bampfylde.
Engraved t.p.
Head- and tail-pieces.
Indexed in: George,
Additional description
Handwritten contents note inserted at front. Signature of E. Hamilton [Elizabeth Gunning (1733-1780)] on first title page";"Bound with 6 other items by the same author. Volume contents: 1. A pindaric epistle ... 1779. -- 2. Speculation or, A defence of mankind: a poem. 1780. [page number on p.1/2 has been cut out]. -- 3. Envy, a poem ... 1778. -- 4. Winter amusements, an ode ... 1778 [no title page]. -- 5. On the much lamented death of the marquis of tavistock. Fifth edition. 1778. -- 6. An election ball in poetical letters ... 1779. -- 7. A paraphrase or poetical exposition of the thirteenth chapter of the first book of St. Paul's epistles to the Corinthians. 1779 [pages have been cut and folded for binding]
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