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The battle of the wigs. An additional canto to Dr. Garth's Poem of the Dispensary. Occasioned by the disputes between the Fellows and Licentiates of the College of Physicians, in London

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Type of record: Book

Title: The battle of the wigs. An additional canto to Dr. Garth's Poem of the Dispensary. Occasioned by the disputes between the Fellows and Licentiates of the College of Physicians, in London

Level: Piece

Classmark: Roberts Collection/CAR

Creator(s): Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)

Additional creator(s): Lister, J (fl. 1760-1773) (Other); Davies, Thomas (1712-1785) (Other); Becket, Thomas (fl. 1760-1815) (Other); De Hondt, Peter Abraham (fl. 1760-1776) (Other); Davis, Robert (fl. 1754-1775) (Other); Baldwin, R (1737-1810) (Other); Newbery, Francis (1780) (Other)

Related people: Lister, J; Davies, Thomas; Becket, Thomas; De Hondt, Peter Abraham; Davis, Robert; Baldwin, R; Newbery, Francis

Publisher: printed by J. Lister; and sold by T. Davies; T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt; R. Davis; R. Baldwin; and F. Newbery

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1768

Language: English

Size and medium: [2],iv,25,[1]p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/338735

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011499039705181

Description

With a half-title.


Indexed in: Roscoe A588; ESTC, t021427.

Additional description

p.37-38 badly damaged";"Bound with 10 other items. Volume contents: 1. Cartwright: Armine and Elvira. Fourth edition, 1772. -- 2. Hartley, David: The state of the nation with a preliminary defence of the budget. Second edition, 1765. -- 3. Thornton, Bonnell: The battle of the wigs ... 1768. -- 4. Plain man, in a plain dress: Plain truth, in plain English. A satire by a plain man in a plain dress. [1774]. -- 5. Percy, Thomas: The hermit of Warkworth, a Northumberland ballad ... Third edition. 1772. -- 6. Barbauld, Anna Letitia: Poems. 1773. p.74, 75 misprinted as 66, 67. -- 7. Anstey, Christopher: The priest dissected ... [1774]. -- 8. Wallis, George: The Juvenaliad. A satire. [1774]. -- 9. Mason, William: An heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knight, Comptroller General of His Majesty's works ... Fifth edition. 1773. -- 10. Beattie, James: The minstrel or, the progress of genius. A poem. The second book. Second edition. 1774. -- 11. Day, Thomas: The dying negro, a poetical
epistle ... 1773

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