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Les amusemens de Spa: or The gallantries of the Spaw in Germany : Containing the nature of the several springs, with their singular virtues and uses. The reasons (besides that of drinking the waters) why they are frequented by people of the first quality. The various diversions and amusements of the place. Many secret histories and adventures of the principal persons resorting to it. Intermixt with innumerable strokes of the most refined wit, humour, gaiety, &c. The whole adorn'd with thirteen copper plates finely engrav'd, representing the town of Spaw, with several fountains, cascades, walks, and avenues in the neighbourhood of that celebrated village. Translated from the original French (v.1)
Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig Freiherr von (1692-1775); De Veil, Hans (1705-1741)
1737
Anon., by Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz. Title printed in red and black. A reissue of the first edition, with cancel t.ps. and preliminaries. Vol. 1 contains a review dated October 1736. With dire...
Les amusemens de Spa: or The gallantries of the Spaw in Germany : Containing the nature of the several springs, with their singular virtues and uses. The reasons (besides that of drinking the waters) why they are frequented by people of the first quality. The various diversions and amusements of the place. Many secret histories and adventures of the principal persons resorting to it. Intermixt with innumerable strokes of the most refined wit, humour, gaiety, &c. The whole adorn'd with thirteen copper plates finely engrav'd, representing the town of Spaw, with several fountains, cascades, walks, and avenues in the neighbourhood of that celebrated village. Translated from the original French (v.2)
Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig Freiherr von (1692-1775); De Veil, Hans (1705-1741)
1737
Anon., by Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz. Title printed in red and black. A reissue of the first edition, with cancel t.ps. and preliminaries. Vol. 1 contains a review dated October 1736. With dire...
Poetical miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations
Gay, John (1685-1732)
1729
First edition; no London edition printed. Only three of the 18 poems in the collection are signed: the first "A gentle echo on woman", is attributed to Swift, but is not included in Teerink; the oth...