The Torpedo
Subtitle: a poem to the electrical eel, addressed to Mr. John Hunter, surgeon, and dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Cholmondely
Publisher: Printed, and are to be sold by all the booksellers in London and Westminster
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Electric eel; Poetry
Notes: Signatures: [a]-b², B-E² [F]1.

Engraved title vignette.

Verse satire on various public figures and their mistresses.

Also issued with imprint: London : Printed for Fielding and Walker ... , 1777.

Ascribed to Chase Price.

Not to be confused with "The electric eel" by "Adam Strong", sometimes ascribed to James Perry.

NUC pre-1956 NT0277244

Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) VI, 337