The pretty gentleman, or, Softness of manners vindicated from the false ridicule exhibited under the character of William Fribble, esq. / Ed. by Edmund Goldsmid.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Priv. print,
1885.
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| Series: | Bibliotheca curiosa.
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| Item Description: | "A pretended reply to Garrick's 'Miss in her teens', but in reality a veiled and caustic satire on the softness of manners which Garrick was ridiculing."--Dict. nat. biog. Text preceded by a letter "to Mr. Garrick", signed "Philautus" Reprint of the London edition of 1747. edition limited to seventy-five large paper copies, and two hundred and seventy-five small paper copies, issued only to subscribers. Small paper copy. |
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| Physical Description: | 32 pages ; 19 cm. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |