Chrysal : or, The adventures of a guinea. Wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal. /
A thinly veiled chronicle of contemporary scandals in political high life, circa 1757-1763. Touches the Sackville affair, Byng's execution, half-price riots at Drury Lane, the Essay on woman, the Hellfire Club, etc.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, near Surry-Street, in the Strand,
MDCCLXVII-MDCCLXXI. [1767-1771]
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| Edition: | The seventh edition. |
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| Summary: | A thinly veiled chronicle of contemporary scandals in political high life, circa 1757-1763. Touches the Sackville affair, Byng's execution, half-price riots at Drury Lane, the Essay on woman, the Hellfire Club, etc. |
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| Item Description: | Signatures: A¹² a⁶ B-M¹²; A⁶ B-N¹² O⁶; A⁸ a² B-M¹² N⁶ O²; A⁴ a⁶ B-M¹² N⁷. An adept = Charles Johnstone. Edition varies: Volume 1, The seventh edition, greatly inlarged and corrected, 1771; Volume 2, The sixth edition, greatly inlarged and corrected. 1768; Volumes 3-4, The second edition, 1767. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
| Physical Description: | 4 volumes (xxxv, [blank] leaf,264 pages ; [12], 300 pages ; [20], 280 pages ; [20], 277 pages) ; 18 x 12 cm (12mo) |