Low-life, or, One half of the world knows not how the other half live : being a critical account of what is transacted by people of almost all religions, nations, circumstances, and sizes of understanding in the twenty-four hours between Saturday night and Monday morning ; in a true description of a Sunday, as it is usually spent within the bills of mortality ; calculated for the twenty-first of June ; with an address to the ingenious and ingenuous Mr. Hogarth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Legg, Thomas, active 1755, author.

Contributor:

Lever, John, active 1764-1770, printer.

Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner.

Cheney, Edward, 1803-1884, former owner.

Gale, Jessica W., former owner.

Smith, C., binder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Social life and customs--18th century.

England.

Sunday.

Sabbath.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Early works.

Humor.

Physical Description:

viii, 103, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

One half of the world knows not how the other half live

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Lever, at Little Moorgate, next London Wall, near Moorfields, 1764.

Notes:

Anonymous. By Thomas Legg (ESTC)

Below imprint in square brackets: Price One Shilling and Six-pence.

With a final page of bookseller's advertisements.

Signatures: A-O⁴.

Local Notes:

RBC 2026 60: Purchased for the Penn Libraries from Christopher Edwards, 2025. On front endpaper in later manuscript: E.C. London Bought at the [William] Beckford sale Dec. 20 1882 ; in different later hand in blue ink: Jessica W. Gale 19th September 1945. Annotations on second front endpaper in hand of William Beckford: Sotheby Mar. 1820. Later binding. Stamp on front endpaper: Bound by C.Smith. Bookseller's description on file, 2026.

Cited in:

English short title catalogue, T114106

OCLC:

1181230986