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The Babler. Containing a Careful Selection from those Entertaining and Interesting Essays. Which have Given the Public so Much Satisfaction under that Title during A Course of Four Years in Owen's Weekly Chronicle. 2 vols.
[KELLY, HUGH]

[xiv]+286, x+275pp.

Hugh Kelly [1739-1777], Playwright and Author, first came to London as a staymaker. He edited "Court Magazine" and "Ladies' Museum". His comedy "False Delicacy" was a success at the Drury Lane Theatre. This work reprints selections originally published serially in Owen's Weekly Chronicle: or Universal Journal, and Owen's Weekly Chronicle; and Westminster Journal from 1763 to 1766.

[xiv]+286, x+275pp.

Hugh Kelly [1739-1777], Playwright and Author, first came to London as a staymaker. He edited "Court Magazine" and "Ladies' Museum". His comedy "False Delicacy" was a success at the Drury Lane Theatre. This work reprints selections originally published serially in Owen's Weekly Chronicle: or Universal Journal, and Owen's Weekly Chronicle; and Westminster Journal from 1763 to 1766.

Binding 12mo contemp. calf, spines gilt, joints cracked, corners rubbed, spines chipped, lacking spine labels,
Publication First Edition, Printed for J. Newbery and others, 1767.
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