A hieroglyphic letter, addressed to the Duke of Bedford on his appointment as Ambassador to France in 1762
Description:
An engraved letter in form of rebus (plate mark 12.9 x 23.9 cm.) printed in bistre, except for the bottom line "You are desired to carry hay ever with you for your horses," which is printed in black letterpress., Title from etched text at top of plate., Printed on the same sheet as: The peace-botchers: a new satyrical, politcal medley ... by a disconsolate Englishman. [London, 1762]., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: reference to land tax -- Reference to Lord Bute., and Mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern in Fleet Street, and to be had at all the booksellers and print shops in London and Westminster
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., A song "O cruel, cruel, cruel case!", With reference to the Treaty of Paris, 1763., Printed on the same sheet as: 'A rum letter to a rum duke on a rum occasion by a rum Fogerum', [London?, 1762]; possibly intended to be separated., Publisher's advertisement following imprint., Not in NUC under title or pseudonym. Date in GK ca.1762. Williams in ESTC printers index at the Mitre in 1763. Not in ESTC or Firth cat. of other works. MH-H report this printed on the same sheet as 'A rum letter'; verified by exchange of xeroxes between ESTC/BL and ESTC/NA, and Mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, in Fleet-Street, and to be had at all the booksellers and print-shops, in London and Westminster
