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An heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knight, Comptroller General of His Majesty's works, and author of a late dissertation on oriental gardening : enriched with explanatory notes, chiefly extracted from that elaborate performance

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Type of record: Book

Title: An heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knight, Comptroller General of His Majesty's works, and author of a late dissertation on oriental gardening : enriched with explanatory notes, chiefly extracted from that elaborate performance

Level: Piece

Classmark: Roberts Collection/GLY

Creator(s): Mason, William (1725-1797)

Additional creator(s): Chambers, Sir William (1723-1796) (Other)

Related people: Chambers, William

Publisher: Printed for J. Almon

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1773

Language: English

Size and medium: 16 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/338739

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011502709705181

Description

Ostensibly a satire on Sir William Chambers's Dissertation on oriental gardening, actually largely political.

Additional description

Bound with 4 other items. Volume contents: 1. Glynn, Robert: The day of judgement: a poetical essay. 3rd ed., 1758. -- 2. Mason, William: An heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers ... 10th ed., 1773. -- 3. Pindar, Peter: Ode upon ode or, A peep at St. James's ... 5th ed., 1787. -- 4. Pindar, Peter: An apologetic postscript to Ode upon ode, 1787. -- 5. Courtenay, John: A poetical and philosophical essay on the French Revolution ... 2nd ed., 1793

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