The philosophical puppet-show, or, Snip's inauguration to the President's Chair : addressed to Sir J[oseph] B[anks], barōnetos, a celebrated conoisseur in chickweed, caterpillars, black beetles, butterflies and cockle-shells / By Simon Snip [pseud].

  • Snip, Simon, pseud.
Date:
[1785?]
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Credit: The philosophical puppet-show, or, Snip's inauguration to the President's Chair : addressed to Sir J[oseph] B[anks], barōnetos, a celebrated conoisseur in chickweed, caterpillars, black beetles, butterflies and cockle-shells / By Simon Snip [pseud]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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