Shelfmark
Ib2.4.01
Title
The new foundling hospital for wit. Being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection. With several pieces never before published.
Edition
A new edition, corrected, and considerably enlarged. In six volumes.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for J.Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly, M DCC LXXXVI. [1786]
Physical description
6 v. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Note
Edited by John Almon.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T139407
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy imperfect: vols. 2-6 wanting.
Subject
English literature 18th century.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Debrett, John, 1752 - 1822 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Debrett, John, 1752 - 1822 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34696