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![273 Mianignt merriment, or A Nocturnal Ramble through St. Giles’ s, Containing a “Funny, but Faithful Picture of that Quarter. London, M. Allen, n.p. (circa 1820) 7s 6d ee 12mo. 42 pp. New half calf. Frontispiece. Old ‘ ink stain on two pages. 274 Midnight Rambler (The); or, New Nocturnal Spy, for the Present Year. Con- taining Complete Description of the _ Modern Transactions of London and West- - minster, from the Hours of Nine in the _ Evening, till Six in the Morning . Illustrated with Real Characters, and ts Whimsical Anecdotes, of Several Votaries of Bacchus and Venus, from the First- _ tate Bucks, Bloods and Filles de Joye, q ~ down to those in More Humble Stations ; Eas well as those in More Deplorable Con- - ditions, whose Utmost Prospects are . through the Bars of a Prison. London, J. - Cooke (circa 1790) £1 10s oe -12mo. 152 pp. New boards. 275 Moore (Charles) A Full Inquiry into the _ Subject of Suicide, to which are added ‘(as Being Closely Connected with the Br Subject), Two Treatises on Duelling and - Gaming. London, J. F. and C. Rivington, — 1790 £1 1s ‘4to. 2 vols. Calf. The second part contains much matter illus- trative of town and society life in the eighteenth : century. 76 Mountfort (W.) af Comedy. London, 4 | Bently and A. Roper, 1691 F 4to. New half calf. 4+60 p The rarest of Mountfort’s Dee and of great interest for the manners and customs of the period in London. 277 Nineteenth Century and Familiar History (A) of the Lives, Loves and Misfortunes of | _ Abeillard and Heloisa, a Matchless Pair, _who Flourished in the Twelfth Century: A - Poem, in Twelve Cantos. Illustrated with = len Engravings. By Robert Rabelais, - the Younger! London, J. Bumpus, 1819 ce 15s 8vo. 884 pp. New cloth. 10 plates designed _ by Thurston, etched by Thos. Landseer, aqua- tinted by Lewis. | [Page (John)] The Hawkers and Stall _ Dealers of the North of England Manufac- - turing Districts ; Including Quack Doctors, if ‘Cheap Johns, Booksellers by Hand, Book- mestall Keepers, Watch Sellers, * Needle Dodgers... cum Multis Aliis: Being 4 Some Account of their Dealings, Dodgings, and Doings, by Felix Folio. Second Edi- i Manchester, Abel Heywood (1858) 7s 6d 140 pp. New half caif. Original Greenwich-Park, a FE) Bandmarsh, ik: £4 4s Sm. 8vo. _ Wrappers preServed. 279 Present (A) for Women Addicted to _ Drinking. Adapted to ail the Different fu Pe ations of Life, from a Lady of Quality to a Common Servant. London, W. Owen (circa 1730) 10s 6d 8vo. 72 pp. New half calf. A remarkable comment on the times. The author devotes five and a half pages to nurses. 280 Proposals for Redressing some Grievances which greatly affect the Whole Nation. With a Seasonable Warning to Our Beautiful Young Ladies against Fortune- Hunters; and a Remedy Proposed in Favour of the Ladies. London, J. Johnson, 1740 15s Sm. 8vo. New half calf. 281 Rake’s Progress (The) ; or, The Humours of Drury Lane. A Poem. In Eight Cantos. In Hudibrastick Verse. Being the Ramble of a Modern Oxonian ; which is a Compleat Key to the Eight Prints Lately Published by the Celebrated Mr. Hogarth. London, J. Chettwood, 1735. [Reprint] 7s 6d 8vo. 52 pp. Half morocco gilt. 282 [Ralph (James)] The Taste of the Town: or, a Guide to all Publick Diversions, viz. i. Of, Musick,’ Operas and, Plays 2 23 [T. Of Poetry, Sacred and Profane 2352 IIL. Of Dancing, Religious and Dramatical . LV. Of the Mimes, Pantomimes and Choruses of the Ancients; and of the Imitation of them in our Modern Enter- tainments and Plays. our Theatrical Representations, their Due Behaviour, and of Cat-Calls. VI. Of Mas- querades .. . VII. Of the Athletic Sports of the Ancients :2) . Of Cock. Bish tages Puppet Shews, Mountebanks and Auctions. London, Printed, and Sold by the Book- sellers, 1731 12mo. Half calf. 283 Ripley (James) Select Original Letters on Various Subjects by James Ripley, Now, and for Thirty Years Past, Ostler at the Red Lion, Barnet. London, Printed for the Author, 1781 10s 6d 12mo. 123 pp. Sheep, rebacked. Portrait. 284 [Rolleston (S.)] A Philosophical Dialogue Concerning Decency to which is added a Critical Dissertation of Places of Retire- ment for necessary Occasions, together with an account of the Vessels and Utensils in use among the Ancients. London, J. Fletcher, 1751 £2 2s 4to. New half calf., 47 pp. The owner of this curious volume, Bernard Wyndham, 1751, has written an amusing poem ee a by the subject on two blank pages of the OOK. 237 pp. Probably lacks frontispiece. Entertainments. Containing Christmas Gambols, Tropes. Figures, etc., with Abundance of Fiddle-Faddle Stuff; such as Stories of Fairies, Ghosts, Hobgoblins, Witches, Bull-beggars, Rawheads and Bloody Bones, Merry Plays, &c., for the Diversion of Company in a Cold Winter-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33159142_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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