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Remarks on the Jacobiniad / revised and corrected by the author; ; and embellished with carricatures [sic]. ; Part first. [Eight lines of verse].

Author/creator Gardiner, John Sylvester John, 1765-1830
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston : By E.W. Weld and W. Greenough: sold at their printing-office, no. 42, Cornhill, and by the booksellers, --1795.
Description54 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm (12mo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28726
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28726. ^A478749
General noteSatirizing liberal clubs in Boston under the guise of a literary review of a pretended poem, "The Jacobiniad."
General noteFirst published in the Federal orrery, over the initials X.Z. Attributed to John Sylvester John Gardiner in the Dictionary of American biography.
General noteThe caricatures have been identified as Thomas Edwards, Benjamin Austin, Samuel Howes, Justice Vinal, and Adam Colson.
General notePart 2 published in Boston in 1798.
General noteSignatures: A-D⁶ E⁴ (E4 blank).
General note"A poetical dedication of the first part of the Remarks on the Jacobiniad, addressed to the Constitutional Society, (alias Jacobin Club) at Boston. By a friend of the poet."--p. [3]-5.
General note"The following lines were the volunteer production of another hand ... Exhortation: inscribed to whom it may concern!"--p. [51]-54, in verse.
References Evans 28726
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 180
References Stoddard, R.E. Unrecorded Wegelin, 99
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28726).
Genre/formSatires.
Genre/formBurlesques.
Genre/formPoems 1795.
Other titleJacobiniad.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 28726 ✔ Available