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[Lupton, Thomas]

A Thousand Notable Things: Containing Modern Curiosities … London: Printed for G. Conyers at the Ring in Little Britain, [?after 1706]

12mo (146 x 89 mm). Title within double-ruled border, 7 woodcut text illustrations, printer's ornaments, woodcut initials, 2-page publisher's advertisements before index, "The Compleat Vermin-killer" bound in after index having separate registration and pagination; light toning, last 2 leaves a trifle stained. Nineteenth-century glazed blue cloth, blue and white floral-patterned endpapers, red morocco lettering-piece; spine faded to tan, hinges strengthened.  

The first edition of this useful "how-to" book was published in 1579. The exact date of the present work is uncertain, although Wing assigns it as 1700. However, ESTC T112528 transcribes the imprint as "Printed for G. Conyers at the Golden Ring, [?1706]," reports pagination errors, and that the preface states it is in its twentieth impression. The preface of the present copy states that this is the "one and twentieth impression"; furthermore, the pagination of the text has been corrected to conclude on page 228 (the advertisement and index are not paginated).

REFERENCE:

ESTC R227531/T112528; Wing L3501aA (supplying 1700 as date of publication)