The Rolliad
Subtitle: in two parts; Probationary odes for the laureatship; and Political eclogues: with criticisms and illustrations.
By: Revised, corrected and enlarged by the original authors.
Contributors: Ridgway, James.
Edition: The twenty-first edition.
Publisher: Printed for J. Ridgway ...
Published: 1799
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 524
Subjects: Pitt, William, -- 1759-1806.; Rolle of Stevenstone, John Rolle, -- Baron, -- 1750-1842.; Warton, Thomas, -- 1728-1790.; Satire, English.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789.
Notes: A collection of satires on William Pitt and his followers, in the form of mock reviews of a mock epic named for John Rolle and odes purporting to be the competitive entries of Thomas Warton's rivals for the laureateship, by Richard Tickell, Richard Fitzpatrick, Joseph Richardson, George Ellis, French Laurence, and others.--Cf. Cambridge hist. of Eng. lit., v. 11.

Originally appeared in the Morning herald and Daily advertiser for 1784 and following years; Criticisms on the Rolliad, Probationary odes for the laureatship, and Political miscellanies also published separately.

Engraved t.p. vignette.

Advertisements: [3] p. at end.

Pages [ii], [vi], [x], [226], and the last page are blank.

Signatures: a-b8 B-2L8.

Library copy imperfect: final [4] p. lacking.

Bound in modern buckram.