Description
Item Description:First leaf comprises the verses "The Author's Speaking Picture, Drawn By Himself."
Signatures: A⁸ b² B-Z⁸ *Aa-*Bb⁸ Dd-Ii⁸ ²Aa-Cc⁸ ²Dd²; errors in signing: leaves 2D2 and 2D4 missigned 2C2 and 2C4.
Pages 36, 66, 110, 111, 236, 240, 243, 387, 393, 424, 426-428, 430-432, 434, 442, 443, 451, 460 & 209 respectively misnumbered 16, 96, 111, 110, 396, 234, 732, 377, 93, 422, 426, 424-426, 428-430, 442, 443, 442, 455, 60 & 20; text is continuous despite the pagination.
Pages [249-251] (Dd1r-2r) in this state have headlines and page 251 is numbered; in another state, they have no headlines or page numbers.
Advertisement for another work by Dunton, preparing for the press, "A ramble through six kingdoms," on final page.
"Errata. With directions to the binder": preliminary pages [19-20], signed by Dunton.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:20 unnumbered pages, 368, 353-463, 200-248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (8vo).