The British antidote to Caledonian poison
Subtitle: containing fifty-three anti-ministerial, political, satirical, and comic prints, for those remarkable years 1762, and 1763 : to which are added, three sheets of letter-press, containing a humorous character of the kingdom and people of Scotland, all the best political songs, and several original humorous essays, poems, &c. so as to render the whole compleatly entertaining ... : in two volumes
Contributors: Pridden, John, 1728-1807; Boswell, Alexander, Sir, 1775-1822, former owner; Goldberg, Gerald M., former owner
Edition: The seventh edition. To which are now also added, two new prints, published since the last edition; together with a key, for the better explanation of the whole work.
Series: Eighteenth century collections online
Publisher: Printed for J. Pridden, at the Feathers, in Fleet-Street; and sold by the booksellers of London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh; and sold by the booksellers of London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh
Published: 1764
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons; Early works to 1800; English Political satire; Scottish National characteristics; Politics and government; Political ballads and songs
Work titles: The British antidote to Caledonian poison
Notes: The phrase "in two volumes" transposed, follows publisher statement on t.p.

Remainder of title-page transcription following publisher statment: "Price 5 s. sewed. Of whom likewise may be had, The Scots scourge. In two volumes, 5s. sewed. N.B. These two volumes, with the two last mentioned, cntain a compleat sett of all the political prints published during Lord Bute's glorious administration, down to the present time.

Signatures: A² (A1+a²) B-C⁴; v.2: pi1 A⁸ (-A8).

Vol. 1: [2], iii, [1], 3-20 p., [26] leaves of plates; v.2: 16 p., [26] leaves of plates.

Plates: v.1: frontispiece + leaves of plates numbered 1-25 + 1 full-page ill. (p. [1], 3rd group); v.2: frontispiece (port. of William Pitt, the Elder)+ leaves of plates numbered 26-50.

ESTC T166736