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The Lilliputian magazine, or, The young gentleman & lady's golden library : being an attempt to mend the world, to render the society of man more amiable, & to establish the plainness, simplicity, virtue & wisdom of the Golden Age, so much celebrated by the poets and historians.

Accession number
PML 81228
Published
London : Printed for the [Lilliputian] Society, and publish'd by T. Carnan at Mr. Newbery's ... , [not before 1752].
Notes
Variously attributed to John Newbery, Christopher Smart, and Oliver Goldsmith.
T.p. is engraved; equals leaf [2] of plates.
T.p. same as Roscoe J219.2 (dated 1752 or later) ; however, page openings do not correspond exactly to those reproduced in Roscoe (p. 166-69).
Signatures: B-G¹².
Misnumberings: 53 for 55, 61 for 62, 62 for 63, 56 for 67.
Covenant and members of the Lilliputian Society, p. 131-144.
Illustration on p. 62 [i.e. 63] signed: I. Bell.
Library's copy: ms. inscription on front fly-leaf: 1787 Moore.
Some illustrations are hand-colored.
Description
ii, 3-144 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. (etchings, wood cuts) ; 13 cm
Summary
Stories, poems, songs, jests, epigrams, and riddles.
Stories, poems, songs, jests, epigrams, and riddles.
Binding
Dutch floral boards.
Classification
Department