Shelfmark
Bm.07.04(01)
Author
Title
The dispensary. A poem. In six canto's.
Edition
The eighth edition. With several descriptions and episodes never before printed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head over-against Katharine-Street in the strand, 1718.
Physical description
[24], 84p : ill. ; 12mo.
Note
Previously Db.8.14.
Note
Bound with S. Garth "A compleat key to the eighth edition of The dispensary", 1718.
Note
The preliminaries include verses to the author, Dr. G-th, i.e. Sir Samuel Garth.
Note
Anonymous author = Samuel Garth.
Note
Wants two leaves of preface, which are supplied in ms.
Note
Ms. price: "-1-".
Citation/references note
Foxon, G27; ESTC T34569
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6751, no.10 ).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Label recording bequest to Eton by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
18th century gold-tooled calf.
Subject
Subject
Medicine Poetry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B12919