The elegant entertainer and merry story-teller: being a valuable collection of diverting and instructive tales, fables, and other curious articles, both in prose and verse. Among Which are, Many of the best Tales from the Modern Story-Teller, Female Fables, by Mr. Moor, Anecdotes, or secret and curious Histories, from the Tell-Tale, Curious and Instructive Letters from Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Dean Swift, Mr Langhorne, &c. K. Charles's wonderful Escape when he was concealed in the Oak, by Ld. Clarendon, A true History of the famous Siege of Troy, Remarkable Voyage to Ceylon in the East Indies, An Improving Adventure, by the Abp. of Cambray, Discoveries concerning Bees, by the noted Mr. Wildman, and others, Ingenious Essays, Uncommon Epitaphs, New Improvements in Husbandry, Receipts in Phisic, With many other Uncommon and Useful Pieces, by Authors of the Best Taste and Understanding
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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London
printed for N. Young, under the Royal-Exchange
1768, 1768
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| Edition: | The third edition |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | A reissue of the 1767 edition with a cancel titlepage and an additional gathering, sig. 2E, pp. 143-150. - English Short Title Catalog, T60734. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The pagination is irregular, but the register is continuous throughout and the text is complete. - With a final contents leaf |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (152,151-158,189-236,137-150,[2]p) 8° |