Terrible tractoration!! A poetical petition against galvanising trumpery, and the Perkinistic Institution. In four cantos : most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians / By Christopher Caustic.

  • Fessenden, Thomas Green, 1771-1837.
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1804
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New York : Printed for Samuel Stansbury ..., 1804 (Printed by Southwick and Hardcastle ...)

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xxv, 192 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; (12mo)

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First American /

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Shaw & Shoemaker 6297

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Half title: A poetical petition &c
First published in London in 1803 under title : A poetical petition against tractorising trumpery. Published in Philadelphia in 1806 under title: The modern Philosopher, or, Terrible tractoration
Signatures: A-T³b
Includes copper-plate engravings by Anderson and others
Errata: p. xxxv verso
Additional notes to this American edition: p. [187]-192

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