The tablet, or picture of real life : justly representing, as in a looking-glass, the virtues and vices, fopperies and fooleries, masks and mummeries of the age. With the true characters of the wise and good. In a select set of essays, serious and jocose, upon the most interesting subjects. Address'd to those who dare to think for themselves, and attempt, in earnest, to improve mankind / [Peter Shaw].

  • Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763.
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The tablet, or picture of real life : justly representing, as in a looking-glass, the virtues and vices, fopperies and fooleries, masks and mummeries of the age. With the true characters of the wise and good. In a select set of essays, serious and jocose, upon the most interesting subjects. Address'd to those who dare to think for themselves, and attempt, in earnest, to improve mankind / [Peter Shaw]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for T. Longman, 1762.

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xx, 371 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (8vo)

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Publisher's advertisements: p. 371-[372]
Author: Peter Shaw.--Reissue, with new t.p., of: The reflector, representing human affairs ... (1750)--cf. Halkett & Laing
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: K Books Note: Binding: Recent old-style quarter calf. Cancelled London Library stamp: t.p. verso

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Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) v. 6, p. 2.
ESTC T109818

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