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Author Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771.

Title The adventures of Peregrine Pickle [microform] / In which are included, Memoirs of a lady of quality ...

Imprint London : Printed for R. Baldwin, and J. Richardson, and D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1758.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 22268-69    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed., rev., corr., and altered / by the author.
Description 4 v.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 22268-69
Note Errors in pagination: vol. 3, p. i, 37 and 134 misnumbered iii, 3 and 431 respectively; vol. 4, p. v and 215 misnumbered vi and 115 respectively.
Each vol. preceded by a table of contents.
"Memoirs of a lady of quality" (v. 3, p. 63-236) by Viscountess Frances Anne Vane, was included by Smollett for a fee. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
"The two letters relating to the Memoirs of a lady of quality, inserted at the beginning of the third volume, were sent to the editor by a person of honour." - advertisement.
In the advertisement, Smollett explains that he has endeavored to make amends for the attacks made on various contemporaries in the first edition, 1751.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22268-69)
Note s 1976 ilu n
Added Author Vane, Frances Anne Hawes Vane, Viscountess, 1713-1788.
Added Title Peregrine Pickle [microform]
Memoirs of a lady of quality [microform]

 
    
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