Description: The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Containing his View of the Lancashire Dialect; with large Additions and Improvements. Also his Poem of the Flying Dragon and the Man of Heaton. Together with other his Whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse. Some of which never before Published. The whole Embellished with Eleven Copper Plates, Printed for the Author, and Mr. Haslingden, Bookseller, in Manchester, 1775, 203 pp, 33pp, full leather, 6.75 x 4.25”, 18mo. In fair condition. Both boards detached. Moderate wear to extremities with heavy scuffing to corners and end bands. Desiccated edges and light scratching to surface. Spine abraded and desiccated with flaking and toning. Frontis, end papers and preliminaries are detached with front board. Edges brittle along preliminaries. Text is lightly toned, with typical age-staining, foxing. Free of known marginalia. Binding remains intact. Rear fly leaf is torn, toned. Please see photos. Rare early copy. Contains a glossary of Lancashire Words and Phrases containing 800 words! John Collier (1708-1786) was an English caricaturist and satirical poet known by the pseudonym of Tim Bobbin, or Timothy Bobbin. Collier styled himself as the Lancashire Hogarth. COLL1775ADJZ-FORN-TUB000402/24HK
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Year Printed: 1775
Topic: Poetry
Binding: Leather
Author: Tim Bobbin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: Manchester
Special Attributes: Illustrated
