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Publishers' advertisements-England-London-1788.
Eighth edition, with considerable additions.
41 pages, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : black and white illustration ; 26 cm
Satirical verses about King George III finding a louse on his plate.
"Peter Pindar" is the pen name of John Wolcot.
The plate ("Is this your louse") is by Rowlandson.
"(Price Half a Crown.) Entered at Stationers' Hall."--Half-title page; "Advertisement ... A true list of the shaved ... "--Page [1]; "The proprietors ... on account of the frequent piracies ... offer ten guineas reward ... "--Page [2]; ""A list of Peter Pindar's works ... "--Page [3].
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.