Tim Bobbin's toy-shop open'd or, his Whimsical amusements. Containing, his view of the Lancashire dialect, (with a large glossary) being the adventures and misadventures of a Lancashire clown. The poem of the blackbird;... The goose, a poem ... A humourous (but real) codicil to a conjuror's will. Prickshaw witch blown up ... Hoantung's letter ... Together with several other humourous epistles
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Type of record: Book
Title: Tim Bobbin's toy-shop open'd or, his Whimsical amusements. Containing, his view of the Lancashire dialect, (with a large glossary) being the adventures and misadventures of a Lancashire clown. The poem of the blackbird;... The goose, a poem ... A humourous (but real) codicil to a conjuror's will. Prickshaw witch blown up ... Hoantung's letter ... Together with several other humourous epistles
Classmark: Roberts Collection/BOB
Creator(s): Bobbin, Tim (1708-1786)
Publisher: printed and sold by Joseph Harrop, and by the booksellers throughout England and Wales
Publication city: Manchester
Date(s): 1763
Language: English
Size and medium: 180 p.; plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/338592
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011428989705181
Description
Tim Bobbin = John Collier of Urmston (ESTC).
Illustrations: plates depict incidents from the book.
Includes a dialect dictionary, p.53-92.
Indexed in: ESTC,
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