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A true and faithful account of the greatest wonder produced by nature these 3000 years, in the person of Mr. Jehan-Paul-Ernest Christian Ludovick Manpferdt ; the surprizing centaur, who will be exhibited to the publick, on the first of next month, at the Sign of the Golden Cross at Charing-Cross
Title
A true and faithful account of the greatest wonder produced by nature these 3000 years, in the person of Mr. Jehan-Paul-Ernest Christian Ludovick Manpferdt ; the surprizing centaur, who will be exhibited to the publick, on the first of next month, at the Sign of the Golden Cross at Charing-Cross
Publication
[London] : Printed for M. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row, [1751?]
Physical Description
22 pages, 1 unnumbered plate : engraving ; 21 cm
Local Notes
BEIR Im B446 751: Imperfect: Frontispiece lacking. Pages bled; catchwords missing; imprint partly shaved off, may have had place and date.
Notes
Anonymous. By Richard Bentley.
A satire.
"(Price Six-pence.)"--Price below imprint.
Frontispiece: Jehan-Paul-Ernest Christian Ludovick Manpferdt: foal'd at Wild-Schwein Bergen, May [the] 19th N.S. 1735 / Hermannus Freidlieben ad vivum del. et sculp. [i.e. Richard Bentley]. See Jestin, L. Answer to the Lyre, page 111
Signatures: pi1 A-B⁴ C².
Provenance
With the armorial bookplate of Robert, Marchioness of Crewe on front pastedown.
Variant and related titles
On spine: Centaur
Jehan-Paul-Ernest Christian Ludovick Manpferdt.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
English short title catalogue, T122603
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires.
Amateur works.
Frontispieces.
Engravings.
Woodcuts.
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) - 18th century.
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