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An essay on woman, in three epistles = Essai sur la femme en trois epitres. Traduit de l'anglois

Wilkes, John (1727-1797); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

[1763]

Added t.-p.: Essai sur la femme... (Complete in translation). English (in verse) and French (in prose) on opposite pages.

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A day : an epistle to John Wilkes, of Aylesbury, Esq

Armstrong, John (1709-1779); Wilkes, John (1727-1797)

1661 [i.e. 1761]

Anon., by John Armstrong.

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The life of John Wilkes, patriot : an unfinished autobiography

Wilkes, John (1727-1797); Higgins, Donald; Lion and Unicorn Press

1955

"This edition is limited to 200 copies".

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The north Briton : to which is added, by way of appendix, the letters which passed between the Rt. Hon. Earl Talbot, &c. and John Wilkes, esq.; previous to their duel. Together with all the papers relative to the confinement and enlargement of Mr Wilkes. With many other curious particulars (v.1-3)

Wilkes, John (1727-1797); Talbot, William earl (1710-1782)

1763

Originally published as a weekly by John Wilkes to counter Tobias Smollett's "The Briton", a weekly sponsored by Lord Bute. Wilkes and others were the contributors. Contains no.1-68 (Saturday, June ...

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The origin and progress of despotism : in the oriental, and other empires, of Africa, Europe, and America : this theologico-political research is calculated for an introduction and key to Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, as the author declares in his last section

Boulanger, Nicolas Antoine; Wilkes, John (1727-1797)

1764

Caption title: The origin of despotism. False imprint; printed at London, possibly by John Wilkes at his private press. Cf. Dict. nat. biog. Anonymous. By Nicolas Antoine Boulanger. Cf. Halkett & ...

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