Britton, John, 1771-1857, The pleasures of human life , 1807
- Title(s):
- The pleasures of human life : investigated cheerfully, elucidated satirically, promulgated explicitly, and discussed philosophically : in a dozen dissertations on male, female, and neuter pleasures. Interspersed with various anecdotes, and expounded by numerous annotations / by Hilarius Benevolus, & co., fellows of the "London literary society of Lusorists." Embellished with five illlustrative etchings, and two head-pieces.
- Additional Title(s):
- Mirth versus misery
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1807.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 223, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4161.B8 P54 1807Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3268557
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Added engraved t.p.: Mirth versus misery. The pleasures of human life.
By John Britton; occasioned by James Beresford's The miseries of human life; or, The groans of Samuel Sensitive and Timothy Testy. London, 1806. Cf. Halkett & Laing.
Illustrations drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson; frontispiece etched by W. Bond after W. Satchwell.
Printed by J. M'Creery, (Late of Liverpool) Black-Horse-Court, Fleet Street, London.
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 25
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 260
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy in bound in original boards. - Subject Terms:
- English wit and humor, Pictorial.Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1807.Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher.M'Creery, J. -- Printer.Satire, English.Wit and humor.
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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