The foundling hospital for wit. Intended for the reception and preservation of such brats of wit and humour, whose parents chuse to drop them. Containing all the satires, odes, ballads, epigrams, &c. that have been wrote since the change of the ministry, many of which have never before been printed. Number I. To be continued occasionally
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- The foundling hospital for wit. Intended for the reception and preservation of such brats of wit and humour, whose parents chuse to drop them. Containing all the satires, odes, ballads, epigrams, &c. that have been wrote since the change of the ministry, many of which have never before been printed. Number I. To be continued occasionally
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London : printed 1743. Reprinted for W. Webb, near St. Paul's, MDCCLXIII. [1763]
- Publication year
- 1763
- ESTC No.
- T64446
- Grub Street ID
- 289482
- Description
- [4],iv,71,[1]p. ; 8°.
- Note
- 'The Royal Charter of Apollo and the Muses' at the beginning names the author as Samuel Silence, which is a pseudonym
With a half-title
Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed; the client is named as Dodsley
Signatures: [A]]4 B-K]4
Signatures from Maslen and Lancaster.
- Uncontrolled note
- BMu have 2 half-titles. One from another edition?