A compleat and humorous account of all the remarkable clubs and societies in the cities of London and Westminster, [f]rom the R-l-S-y down to the Lumber-Troop, &c. Their original, with characters of the most noted members; containing great [va]riety of entertaining discourses, erolicks, and adventures of the principal managers and members; a work of great use and curiosity. [C]ompil'd from the original papers of a gent. who [fr]equented those places upwards of twenty years

All titles

• A compleat and humorous account of all the remarkable clubs and societies in the cities of London and Westminster, [f]rom the R-l-S-y down to the Lumber-Troop, &c. Their original, with characters of the most noted members; containing great [va]riety of entertaining discourses, erolicks, and adventures of the principal managers and members; a work of great use and curiosity. [C]ompil'd from the original papers of a gent. who [fr]equented those places upwards of twenty years
• History of the London clubs

People / Organizations

• Edward Ward (Author)

Imprint

London : [Pri]nted for the author, and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, MDCCXLVI. [1746] The second edition.; ..

Publication year

1746

ESTC No.

T226014

Grub Street ID

247707

Description

x,[2],120,201-327,[3]p. ; 12°.

Note

A Gent. = Edward Ward

Apparently originally published in two parts in 1709 as 'The history of the London clubs'

The text and register are continuous despite the pagination

With a final advertisement leaf.

Uncontrolled note

Verify pagination, only a stub of the unnumbered leaf following the preliminary pages remains in the L copy, which is also missing a final advertisement leaf