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An oration on the oppression of jailors : which was spoken in the Fleet prison, on the 20th of February 1730/1 (as advertised in the Daily-Post of that day) and carefully taken in short-hand by one of the audience, who hopes he shall not incur the displeasure of the orator in publishing a thing so manifestly tending to the good of the publick

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Title
An oration on the oppression of jailors : which was spoken in the Fleet prison, on the 20th of February 1730/1 (as advertised in the Daily-Post of that day) and carefully taken in short-hand by one of the audience, who hopes he shall not incur the displeasure of the orator in publishing a thing so manifestly tending to the good of the publick
Date
1731  
Publication Place
London (England)
Publisher
Moore, A., fl. 1721-1747
Description
  • "With a final leaf of advertisements (verso blank).
  • ESTC (online) N479095.
  • Head- and tail-piece; initial.
  • Signatures: A-C⁴.
  • Frontispiece: Engraved illustration with letterpress verse below, beginning: Unhappy, friendless man! How hard thy fate! / Whose only crime is being unfortunate.
  • Price following imprint: ""Price 6 d.""
  • Date of publication from ESTC.
  • ""Printed for A. Moore, near St. Pa'uls [sic]; and sold at the pamphlet-shops in London and Westminster"".
  • Likely published 1731."
Extent
22, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Dimensions
17 cm (8vo)
Language
English
Topical Subject
  • Prisons--Great Britain  
  • Prisons  
  • Fleet Prison (London, England)  
Geographic Subject
  • London (England)  
  • England  
  • Great Britain  
Genre Subject
Early works to 1800  
Associated Entities
Moore, A., fl. 1721-1747  
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier
99554613212205899
Collection
Digital Rare Book Collection
TitleAn oration on the oppression of jailors : which was spoken in the Fleet prison, on the 20th of February 1730/1 (as advertised in the Daily-Post of that day) and carefully taken in short-hand by one of the audience, who hopes he shall not incur the displeasure of the orator in publishing a thing so manifestly tending to the good of the publick
Date1731  
Publication PlaceLondon (England)
PublisherMoore, A., fl. 1721-1747
Description
  • "With a final leaf of advertisements (verso blank).
  • ESTC (online) N479095.
  • Head- and tail-piece; initial.
  • Signatures: A-C⁴.
  • Frontispiece: Engraved illustration with letterpress verse below, beginning: Unhappy, friendless man! How hard thy fate! / Whose only crime is being unfortunate.
  • Price following imprint: ""Price 6 d.""
  • Date of publication from ESTC.
  • ""Printed for A. Moore, near St. Pa'uls [sic]; and sold at the pamphlet-shops in London and Westminster"".
  • Likely published 1731."
Extent22, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Dimensions17 cm (8vo)
LanguageEnglish
Topical Subject
  • Prisons--Great Britain  
  • Prisons  
  • Fleet Prison (London, England)  
Geographic Subject
  • London (England)  
  • England  
  • Great Britain  
Genre SubjectEarly works to 1800  
Associated EntitiesMoore, A., fl. 1721-1747  
Collection TitleDigital Rare Book Collection
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier99554613212205899
CollectionDigital Rare Book Collection

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