An essay on woman, and other pieces / printed at the private press in Great George-street, Westminster, in 1763, and now reproduced in fac-simile from a copy believed to be unique, to which are added, Epigrams and miscellaneous poems now first collected, by the Right Hon. John Wilkes ... ; preceded by an introductory narrative of the extraordinary circumstances connected with the prosecution of the author in the House of lords, digested and compiled from contemporary writers.
1871
PR3765.W531 E6 1871
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An essay on woman, and other pieces / printed at the private press in Great George-street, Westminster, in 1763, and now reproduced in fac-simile from a copy believed to be unique, to which are added, Epigrams and miscellaneous poems now first collected, by the Right Hon. John Wilkes ... ; preceded by an introductory narrative of the extraordinary circumstances connected with the prosecution of the author in the House of lords, digested and compiled from contemporary writers.
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1871.
Printed
London : [manufacturer not identified], 1871.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (v, xvi, 263 pages).
Call Number
PR3765.W531 E6 1871
Note
Privately printed.
Text of poems printed in red.
With an appendix (pages [57]-263) of documents and contemporary accounts of Wilkes and others connected with the publication.
Authorship, formerly in much dispute, ascribed also to Thomas Potter, who may have assisted. A parody on Pope's Essay on man, a small portion only of the work being printed. Facsimile of a reprint, as no original is known. Edited perhaps by H. S. Ashbee (cf H. Bleackley, Life of Wilkes, 1917, p. 437) For full discussion cf. H. R. Watson in Notes and queries, 11th ser., v. 9, p. 121, etc. especially p. 184-185; Bleackley, p. 116-117, 437; H. S. Ashbee, Index librorum prohibitorum.
250 copies printed.
Reproduction of the originals from British Library.
Text of poems printed in red.
With an appendix (pages [57]-263) of documents and contemporary accounts of Wilkes and others connected with the publication.
Authorship, formerly in much dispute, ascribed also to Thomas Potter, who may have assisted. A parody on Pope's Essay on man, a small portion only of the work being printed. Facsimile of a reprint, as no original is known. Edited perhaps by H. S. Ashbee (cf H. Bleackley, Life of Wilkes, 1917, p. 437) For full discussion cf. H. R. Watson in Notes and queries, 11th ser., v. 9, p. 121, etc. especially p. 184-185; Bleackley, p. 116-117, 437; H. S. Ashbee, Index librorum prohibitorum.
250 copies printed.
Reproduction of the originals from British Library.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century.
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