AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF INGENIOUSLY TORMENTING ; WITH PROPER RULES FOR THE EXERCISE OF THAT AMUSING STUDY

Authors: Collier, Jane

Categories: Fiction

Humour

Year: 1804

Publisher: Andrew Millar, in the Strand, 1753 ; (reprinted for) William Miller, in Old Bond-Street

Pagination: [viii], [1]-229, [2] p.

Dimensions: 16.4 x 10 cm

Illustrations: Yes

City: London

Document Type: Book

Language: English

Printer: W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-row

Dedication: [iii-iv] 'TO THE | HONOURABLE MRS. ..... | THE INGENIOUS TORMENTOR OF THE | PRESENT AGE.' (by THE INVISIBLE GIRL)

Advertisements: [v-vi] 'ADVERTISEMENT | OF THE PRESENT EDITOR.' (by J.S.C.). [2] p. 'Books printed for W. Miller.'

Other Content: [vii-viii] 'CONTENTS.'

Marginalia: Front free endpaper 'XED | 0596 (?) | (Jane | Collier) | 1st. Bulmer | Ed.'

Binding: Black, half calf. Front and back covers marbled board. SPINE: [gilt/blind-tooled] '(line) | (decorative design) | (line) | 'ESSAY | ON TORMENTING' (on red calf) | (line) | (decorative design) | (line) | (decorative design) | (line) | (decorative design) | (line) | (decorative design) | (line) | (line)'.

Edges: Trimmed, speckled