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The busy body, or, Men and manners
Title
The busy body, or, Men and manners / edited by Humphrey Hedgehog.
Publication
London : Published by J. Johnston, 98, Cheapside, and 335 Oxford Street, 1816-1818.
Physical Description
5 volumes : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Frequency
Monthly
Extent
Vol. 1, no. 1 (March 1816)-v. 5, no. 25 (March 1818).
Notes
Humphrey Hedgehog is one of the pseudonyms used by John Agg.
With indexes.
Many of the plates are attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue and some signed: Williams or Gillray invt.
Provenance
Fomerly owned by William A. Foyle, with his burgundy morocco gilt bookplate "W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey" to front pastedowns.
Format
Journals & Newspapers
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 05, 2023
Partial contents
Vol. 1. A fashionable fop
A fashionable belle / Williams fect.
Royal methodists
Chief pillars of an illustrious house
Gloucestershire glory
Catching a bald coot in an hospital. Vol. 2. The special retainer, or, A patriotic councellor pleading to the point!!!
Foppish attitudes, or, Well known characters no. 1 / Williams fect.
A barristerial duel, or, Who's sent to Coventry now
The spa fields hunt-er, or A patriot mounted
The life of Cobbett, Plate 1
The life of Cobbett, Plate 2. Vol. 3. A minister of state trying on his new livery
The life of Cobbett, Plate 3 / Gillray invt.
The life of Cobbett, Plate 4 / Gillray invt.
Suspension of habeas corpus
Castles in the air, or, Villiany rewarded
Traveling by steam. Vol. IV. View of a sea port in Norfolk
How happy I could be with either!!
Beauties of the saloon, a Prime Minister at Covent Garden Theatre
A peace and plenty.!! (Political portraits, no.1)
Two well known officers on full and half pay
A worldly bishop and a godly curate, or, Pillars of the Church.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satire, English.
Periodicals.
Engravings.
Periodical illustrations.
Binders' stamps.
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