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The tablet, or picture of real life : justly representing, as in a looking-glass, the virtues and vices, fopperies and fooleries, masks and mummeries of the age. With the true characters of the wise and good. In a select set of essays, serious and jocose, upon the most interesting subjects. Address'd to those who dare to think for themselves, and attempt, in earnest, to improve mankind / [Peter Shaw].
- Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763.
- Date
- 1762
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Publication/Creation
London : Printed for T. Longman, 1762.
Physical description
xx, 371 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (8vo)
Contributors
Notes
Publisher's advertisements: p. 371-[372]
Author: Peter Shaw.--Reissue, with new t.p., of: The reflector, representing human affairs ... (1750)--cf. Halkett & Laing
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: K Books Note: Binding: Recent old-style quarter calf. Cancelled London Library stamp: t.p. verso
References note
Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) v. 6, p. 2.
ESTC T109818
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/48033