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[JAMES DANCE]
Cricket. An heroic poem: illustrated with the critical observations of Scriblerus Maximus. To which is added an epilogue call'd Bucks have at Ye All. Spoken by Mr. King, at the Theatre Royal in Dublin, in the character of Ranger, in the Suspicious Husband
London: for the author, 1770 [but 1771?]. 4to. (some spotting and dust-soiling, D2-3 short at margin), modern brown half calf.
An apparent reissue or reimpression of the 1770 edition (fourth printing) with new title-page. Horace Walpole's copy has the date of publication altered to March, 1771, in manuscript. VERY SCARCE. ESTC locates 5 copies of this issue with the extended subtitle, 2 in the UK (BL and Bodleian), and 3 in North America. cf. Allen 2; Padwick 6445.
Cricket. An heroic poem: illustrated with the critical observations of Scriblerus Maximus. To which is added an epilogue call'd Bucks have at Ye All. Spoken by Mr. King, at the Theatre Royal in Dublin, in the character of Ranger, in the Suspicious Husband
London: for the author, 1770 [but 1771?]. 4to. (some spotting and dust-soiling, D2-3 short at margin), modern brown half calf.
An apparent reissue or reimpression of the 1770 edition (fourth printing) with new title-page. Horace Walpole's copy has the date of publication altered to March, 1771, in manuscript. VERY SCARCE. ESTC locates 5 copies of this issue with the extended subtitle, 2 in the UK (BL and Bodleian), and 3 in North America. cf. Allen 2; Padwick 6445.
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