The book of oddities [electronic resource] : or, agreeable variety for town and country; containing, an uncommon collection of the most curious stories, which may be valued for their Being Queer, Odd, Strange, Amazing, Whimsical, Comic, Absurd, Out O'Th'way, And Unaccountable. Designed to promote mirth, and excite the wonder and astonishment of all the sons and daughters of Adam. The whole calculated to make the Countryman state, the Citizen laugh, and the Courtier Grin: Adapted both to the Sultry Days of Autumn and the Gloomy Nights of Winter. My Articles in Order thus I range; Miraculous and Quee, and odd, and strange: And other Thing with these collateral, As whimsical and supernatural.
1791
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The book of oddities [electronic resource] : or, agreeable variety for town and country; containing, an uncommon collection of the most curious stories, which may be valued for their Being Queer, Odd, Strange, Amazing, Whimsical, Comic, Absurd, Out O'Th'way, And Unaccountable. Designed to promote mirth, and excite the wonder and astonishment of all the sons and daughters of Adam. The whole calculated to make the Countryman state, the Citizen laugh, and the Courtier Grin: Adapted both to the Sultry Days of Autumn and the Gloomy Nights of Winter. My Articles in Order thus I range; Miraculous and Quee, and odd, and strange: And other Thing with these collateral, As whimsical and supernatural.
Author
Broadgrin, Toby.
Edition
Third edition.
Publication Details
Dublin : printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, (no. 33) Upper Ormond-Quay, 1791.
Place of Publication or Printing
Ireland -- Dublin.
Language
English
Description
xx,399,[1]p. ; 8⁰.
Note
"To the merry reader" signed: Toby Broadgrin, a pseudonym.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T128530.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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