The taste of the town: or, A guide to all publick diversions ...
Contributors: Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster.
Published: 1731
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Amusements -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.; Theater -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.; Opera -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Epistle dedicatory signed: A. Primcock [i.e. James Ralph]
Reissue of The touchstone, or ... essays on the reigning diversions of the town, published in 1728.
Verso of t.p. (p. [ii]) and p. [1] at end blank.
Title in red and black; head- and tail-pieces; press figures.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. Of musick, operas and plays ...; title: II. Of poetry, sacred and profane ...; title: III. Of dancing, religious and dramatical ...; title: IV. Of the mimes, pantomimes and choruses of the antients ...; title: V. Of audiences, at our theatrical representations ...; title: VI. Of masquerades; ecclesiastical, political, civil and military ...; title: VII. Of the athletic sports of the antients.