The works of the celebrated John Wilkes, Esq; formerly published under the title of the North Briton
Subtitle: In three volumes : the last of which was privately printed by the author for the use of a few trusty friends : they contain all the important events of government, with their secret springs and causes, during the administrations of Lord Holland, William Pitt, Esq; Lord Bute, Lord Halifax, and George Greenville, Esq; anecdotes and characters of many great personages, at this time struggling for power and office; the lampoons which occasioned his duels with Earl Talbot, and Secretary Martin; his controversies with Dr. Smollet, author of The Briton; Mr. Murphy, writer of The Auditor; and Mr. Scott, under the name of Anti-Sejanus; the detection of Mr. Pownal; Mr. Wilkes's affair with Lord Bute's son, a school boy; specimens of Mr. Beckford's parliamentary eloquence &c. &.c : forming a lively and an instructive history of men, principles and the times; written with much freedom and elegance, as is not to be parallel'd in the productions of any age of language
Contributors: Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764; Clark, Arthur Melville, 1895- former owner; Goldberg, Gerald M., former owner; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Publisher: Printed for J. Williams, in Fleet-Street
Published: 1770
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Periodicals; Politics and government; Freedom of the press; Early works to 1800
Other titles: North Briton (London, England : Wilkes : 1762)
Notes: Reprint of The North Briton, originally published: London: J. Williams, no. 1-45, 5 June 1762 - 23 April 1773; no. 46, 12 November 1763.

By John Wilkes and others. With editorial assistance and contributions from Charles Churchill.

Signatures: v.1: pi² A-C⁴ D-T⁶ U⁴; v.2: pi² A-U⁶; v.3: pi² A-R⁶ a² ²a².

Vol. 1: [4], 222, [2] p.; v.2: [2], 241, [1] p. ; v.3: [4], 204, iv, [4] p.

Vol. 1, p. [1]-[2] at end blank; v.2: p. [1]-[2], 2nd group, and p. [1] at end blank; v.3: p. [3]-[4], 1st group, blank.

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