Chit-Chat the Way of the World, a Tale, a printed fan with six hand-coloured stipple engravings of a Fool listening to a magpie, Report; an ass in human clothes evesdropping, Hearsay, a figure with an anonymous face, Some-body; all three bearing a banner Telegraph, True Briton, Chronicle, Oracle, Every-body; an ass covering in a blanket, No-body, a lady holding scales and a shield, Candour, the publication line crossed out possibly dated 1796, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with three vignettes of figures - 10in. (25cm.), English, late 18th century

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Chit-Chat the Way of the World, a Tale, a printed fan with six hand-coloured stipple engravings of a Fool listening to a magpie, Report; an ass in human clothes evesdropping, Hearsay, a figure with an anonymous face, Some-body; all three bearing a banner Telegraph, True Briton, Chronicle, Oracle, Every-body; an ass covering in a blanket, No-body, a lady holding scales and a shield, Candour, the publication line crossed out possibly dated 1796, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with three vignettes of figures - 10in. (25cm.), English, late 18th century

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