The cocked pistol: a familiar epistle to a friend, requesting his advice on matrimony. To which is added, his answer, containing rules for chusing a wife.

People / Organizations

• W. R. (Author)

Imprint

Glasgow: printed for and sold by Brash & Reid, [1795?]

Publication year

1795-1795

ESTC No.

T221491

Grub Street ID

244747

Description

8p. ; 8⁰

Note

'The cocked pistol' signed at end: W. R.

"A friend" = James Morton.

Uncontrolled note

Verify the 'W. R' signature'. Another Brash and Reid edition was in 'Poetry; original and selected' for [1798] and [1805?], so implying this is before 1798. The E copy is in one of the three volumes put together by the Brash and Reid printer, Robert Chapman, in 1799