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The bumpkins' disaster, or, The journey to London : containing the whimsical adventures of Ploughshare and Clodpoll; incidental to which are described, a consultation of the fairies; including also the legendary history of Waltham Cross. A collection of fragments

Title
The bumpkins' disaster, or, The journey to London : containing the whimsical adventures of Ploughshare and Clodpoll; incidental to which are described, a consultation of the fairies; including also the legendary history of Waltham Cross. A collection of fragments / By the late Mr. Joseph Strutt, author of The regal and ecclesiastical history of England; Horda angel-cynnan, or Manners and customs of the English; Chronicle of England; Dictionary of engravers; Dresses and habits of the English; and Glig-gamena angel-theod, or Sports and pastimes of the English.
Author
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802.
Publication
London : Printed for Appleyards, Wimpole-Street, Cavendish-Square; and Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1808.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Strutt, Joseph, 1775-1833.
  • Appleyards. pbl
  • Scatcherd and Letterman. pbl
  • Brettell & Co. prt
Description
viii, 55, [1] p.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Journey to London
Note
  • Printer's imprint: "Printed by Brettell and Co., Marshall-Street, Golden-Square."
  • Edited by Joseph Strutt, Jr. (cf. NUC pre-1956).
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Call Number
Pforz (Strutt, J. Test of guilt)
OCLC
38636510
Author
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802.
Title
The bumpkins' disaster, or, The journey to London : containing the whimsical adventures of Ploughshare and Clodpoll; incidental to which are described, a consultation of the fairies; including also the legendary history of Waltham Cross. A collection of fragments / By the late Mr. Joseph Strutt, author of The regal and ecclesiastical history of England; Horda angel-cynnan, or Manners and customs of the English; Chronicle of England; Dictionary of engravers; Dresses and habits of the English; and Glig-gamena angel-theod, or Sports and pastimes of the English.
Imprint
London : Printed for Appleyards, Wimpole-Street, Cavendish-Square; and Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1808.
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Local Note
Pforzheimer copy: Formerly owned by the 20th century English novelist and essayist John Fowles; with his bookplate, his pasted-in printed label reading, "One of the weird and pretty fragments that washed up on my beach," and three computer printer labels used to secure the front fly-leaf, apparently adhered by Fowles. -- Previously owned by George Blackmore of Exmouth, with his ownership stencil. -- Bound second of two posthumous Strutt works; with: The test of guilt. London: Appleyards, 1808. Bound together subsequent to publication. -- Bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards and gilt spine-titling.
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Added Author
Strutt, Joseph, 1775-1833. Editor
Appleyards. Publisher
Scatcherd and Letterman. Publisher
Brettell & Co. Printer
Fowles, John, 1926-2005. Former owner
Blackmore, George, of Exmouth. Former owner
Other Title
Journey to London
Research Call Number
Pforz (Strutt, J. Test of guilt)
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