The touch-Stone [electronic resource] : or, historical, critical, political, philosophical, and theo...
The touch-Stone [electronic resource] : or, historical, critical, political, philosophical, and theological essays on the reigning diversions of the town. Design'd for the Improvement of all Authors, Spectators, and Actors of Operas, Plays, and Masquerades. In which every thing antique, or modern, relating to Musick, Poetry, Dancing, Pantomimes, Chorusses, Cat-Calls, Audiences, Judges, Criticks, Balls, Ridottos, Assemblies, New Oratory, Circus, Bear-Garden, Gladiators, Prize-Fighters, Italian Strolers, Mountebank Stages, Cock-Pits, Puppet-Shews, Fairs, and Publick Auctions, is occasionally handled. By a person of some taste and some quality. With a preface, giving an account of the author and the work.
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London : printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
Date
MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
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English
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[2],xxviii,237,[1]p. ; 12°.
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Publisher
London : printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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The touch-Stone [electronic resource] : or, historical, critical, political, philosophical, and theological essays on the reigning diversions of the town. Design'd for the Improvement of all Authors, Spectators, and Actors of Operas, Plays, and Masquerades. In which every thing antique, or modern, relating to Musick, Poetry, Dancing, Pantomimes, Ch...
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Epistle dedicatory signed: A. Princock, i.e. James Ralph.
Re-issued in 1731 as 'The taste of the town'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
With a half-title.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74Vv47QBLzyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv47QBLzyM
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991015447629702626