The cornutor of seventy-five. Being a genuine narrative of the life, adventures, and amours, of Don Ricardo Honeywater, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Madrid, Salamanca, and Toledo; and President of the Academy of Sciences in Lapland. Containing, Amongst many other diverting Particulars, his Intrigue with Dona Maria W-s, of Via Vinculosa, anglice, Fetter-Lane, in the City of Madrid. Written originally, in Spanish, by the author of Don Quixot, and translated into English by a graduate of the College of Mecca in Arabia

People / Organizations

• John Douglas (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Cobham, near St. Paul's, [1748]

Added name

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.

Publication year

1748

ESTC No.

T61804

Grub Street ID

287417

Description

[2],29,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

Not in fact by Cervantes, but by William Douglass. Authorship sometimes attributed to Dr. John Douglas, with whom William Douglass studied, beginning in 1719

A satire on Dr. Richard Mead

With a half-title.

Uncontrolled note

Half-title reported by PU