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Terrible tractoration. A poetical petition against galvanising trumpery, and the Perkinistic Institution. In four cantos. Most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians / by Christopher Caustic [pseudonym] ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PS1664.F2 T7 1804
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fessenden, Thomas Green, 1771-1837.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perkins, Elisha, 1741-1799.
- Perkins, Elisha.
- Tractors, Metallic.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, v unnumbered pages-xxxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 192 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- First American, from the second London edition, revised and corrected by the author, with additional notes.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : Samuel Stansbury, 1804.
- Notes:
- Half title: A poetical petition, &c.
- Author's name given in preface (p. [v]).
- "Errata" (followed by two additional extracts from reviews): p. [1] (3rd count).
- "Additional notes to this American edition": p. [187]-192.
- First published in London in 1803 under title: A poetical petition against tractorising trumpery. Published in Philadelphia in 1806 under title: The modern philosopher; or Terrible tractoration.
- Local Notes:
- Imperfect: with exception of frontispiece, all plates wanting.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker, 6297
- OCLC:
- 14958867
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