TitleRebellion in Bath
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AuthorWarner R
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CategoryUK Topography
SubjectBath
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CountyBath
TownBath
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Rebellion in Bath
OR
THE BATTLE OF THE UPPER - ROOMS
AN HEROICO-ODICO-TRAGICO-COMICO POEM

IN TWO CANTOS
By the late PETER PAUL PALLET

CANTO THE FIRST
Edited by his Nephew TIMOTHY GOOSEQUILL

TO WHICH IS ADDED
A VINDICATION OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION IN 1688
From Aspersions cast on it in a Sermon preached by the Rev. Henry Phillpotts Vicar of Kilmersden
Somerset, before the University of Oxford

BY TOM TYPE


LONDON
PRINTED FOR G. WILKIE AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW
1808

Bound in half green leather and marbled paper covered boards. Measuring approx. 28cm x 22cm x 0.9cm. The front and rear boards are cracking to top and bottom of spine edges (little more so to rear board). Chipped to top and bottom of spine and corners, with small loss. The leather is rubbed, worn and surface chipped in places (leather chipped to rear corner). The boards are rubbed in places. Internally the pale pink endpapers are split and contents are beginning to crack to inner edges. There is some ink detail and library bookplate to inside front board (Bath Reference Library). Endpapers are a little grubby, and there are couple of small ink numbers to front and some pencil detail to reverse. There is a foxed/offsetting patch to front endpapers, title page and following couple of leaves. There are a couple of small ink numbers to top corners of first few leaves. The first few leaves are a little wavy to inner edges. There are some impressed library stamps in places. There is the occasional marginal minor chip. There is the occasional mark and very occasional light foxing, else the majority of contents remain in reasonably clean and firm condition.

FIRST EDITION
There is an engraved vignette to title page.

A scarce and charming satire, by RICHARD WARNER

Title page, Preface (4 pages), two pages, p[I]-p74

"Rev. Richard Warner (1763–1857) was an English clergyman and writer of a considerable number of topographical books based on his walks and his interest in antiquarianism"



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