The surprize, or, The gentleman turn'd apothecary / a tale written originally in French prose; afterwards translated into Latin; and from thence now versified in Hudibrastics.
| Author/creator | Ellis, John author. |
| Other author | Kingsmill, translator. |
| Other author | Villiers, Claude Deschamps, sieur de, 1600?-1681. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | [London] : [publisher not identified], [1739] |
| Manufacture | London : Booksellers of London and Westminister, 1739. |
| Description | 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustration, frontispiece. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Nobilis pharmacopola |
| Portion of title | Gentleman turn'd apothecary |
| Added title page | Nobilis pharmacopola : historia si no vera, jucunda tamen, nunc demum Latinitate donata |
| Variant title | Surprise, or, The gentleman turn'd apothecary |
| Series | Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Added title page: Nobilis pharmacopola: historia si no vera, jucunda tamen, nunc demum Latinitate donata. |
| General note | Based on L'Apoticaire de qualitè, variously attributed to Jacob de Villiers and C. D. de Villiers. |
| General note | Latin translation attributed to Kingsmill. Cf. entry for Ellis, J., in Nat. union cat. |
| General note | English version attributed to John Ellis. Cf. Halkett and Laing, Dict. anon. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from British Library. |
| Language | Latin prose and English verse on facing pages; translated from original French. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |