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The surprize: or, the gentleman turn'd apothecary : A tale written originally in French prose; afterwards translated into Latin; and from thence now versified in hudibrastics.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, John, 1698-1790.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French fiction--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.
- French fiction.
- French fiction--Translations into English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Poems.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages,139 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plate ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- A verse adaptation, in English, by John Ellis of 'L'apoticaire dévalisé', variously attributed to Claude Deschamps de Villiers and Jacob Villiers; first published in English prose 1670 as 'The gentleman apothecary'and in 1693 as 'Nobilis pharmacopola'.
- Parallel Latin and English titlepages; parallel Latin prose and English verse.
- The Latin titlepage reads: 'Nobilis pharmacopola'.
- Braces in title.
- Price from imprint: price, Two Shillings Stich'd, Two Shillings and Sixpence Bound.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
- Cited in:
- Foxon, E290
- English Short Title Catalog, N25825.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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