The crooked six-pence. With a learned preface found among some papers bearing date the same year in which Paradise lost was published by the late Dr. Bently. The original manuscript will be deposited in the Cotton-Library.

ID 22878
Title The crooked six-pence. With a learned preface found among some papers bearing date the same year in which Paradise lost was published by the late Dr. Bently. The original manuscript will be deposited in the Cotton-Library.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Volumes 1
Pagination x, 12-24
Date of Publication 1743
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1743
Imprint printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall; and sold by M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster Row,
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Quarto (4to)
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Notes ESTC Notes: Foxon, B392
Attributed to James Bramston in Isaac Reed's 'Repository. I' 1777. A parody of 'The splendid shilling' by John Philips and including the text of that work. Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
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Bramston, James. The crooked six-pence. With a learned preface found among some papers bearing date the same year in which Paradise lost was published by the late Dr. Bently. The original manuscript will be deposited in the Cotton-Library.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 22878, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/22878. Accessed 2025-08-15. 

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