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The imperial epistle, and The shade of Alexander Pope / By the author of The pursuits of literature.

Author/creator Mathias, Thomas James, 1754?-1835
Included WorkMathias, Thomas James, 1754?-1835. Shade of Alexander Pope.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by H. Maxwell, for A. Dickins, bookseller, North Second Street, opposite Christ-Church, 1800.
Description4 unnumbered pages, 49 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 59 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37937. ^A478749
General noteHalf-title: The imperial epistle from Kien Long, to George the Third.
General noteAttributed to Thomas James Mathias in the Dictionary of national biography.
General note"The imperial epistle from Kien Long, Emperor of China, to George the Third, King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. in the year 1794. ... Translated into English verse from the original Chinese poetry. ..."--49, [1] p., with separate title page. A satire on the contemporary politics of Great Britain.
General note"The shade of Alexander Pope, on the banks of the Thames. A satirical poem, with notes. Occasioned chiefly, but not wholly, by the residence of Henry Grattan, ex-representative in Parliament for the city of Dublin, at Twickenham, in November, 1798. ..."--59, [3] p., with separate title page and half-title. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [61-62].
References Evans 37937
References Evans 37941
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37937).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37941).
Genre/formPoems 1800.
Genre/formSatires.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Other titleShade of Alexander Pope.