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Epistola objurgatoria ad Guilielmum King, LL.D.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3539.K7 E65 1744 v.1-2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
King, William, 1685-1763.
Contributor:
Cooper, Mary, -1761, printer.
Language:
Latin
Subjects (All):
Gilbert, John, 1693-1761.
Gilbert, John.
King, William, 1685-1763.
King, William.
Penn Provenance:
Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)
Physical Description:
2 unnumbered pages, 30 pages ; 26 cm (4to)
Fingerprint:
amró S.te u-de nees (3) 1744 (R)
Place of Publication:
Londini : Apud M. Cooper ..., MDCCXLIV [1744]
Notes:
"Ostensibly an attack on Dr. King but really a parody of his opponent's Latin by King himself."--ESTC.
Half-title adds: Cui accesit Epistola canonici reverendi admodùm ad Archidiaconum reverendum admodùm.
"Epistola canonici reverendi admodùm ad archidiaconum reverendum admodùm" has special title leaf with imprint: Londini: Apud M. Cooper, in Pater-noster Row. MDCCXLIV.
Signatures: A-C⁴ D⁴(-D4).
Woodcut title ornament and tail-piece.
"The ornament on the King titlepage depicts Cupid."--ESTC.
Erratum on leaf D3v.
Local Notes:
Penn Libraries copy bound in 2 volumes, one containing the "Epistola objurgatoria", the other the "Epistola canonici". Paper evidence suggests they originated from the same copy.
Penn Libraries copy: each vol. has bookplate of Archibald Elias on back pastedown.
Cited in:
ESTC T32890
OCLC:
228743303

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