Miscellanea nova
Subtitle: containing, amidst a variety of other matters curious and interesting, remarks on Boswell's Johnson, with considerable additions, and some new anecdotes of that extraordinary character : a critique on Bürger's Leonora, in which she is clearly proved of English extraction : and an introductory essay on the art of reading and speaking in public, in two parts
By: by S. Whyte, and his son, E.-A. Whyte
Contributors: Whyte, E.-A. (Edward-Athenry); Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788; Marchbank, Robert, printer; Whyte, S. (Samuel), 1733-1811, inscriber; Reynolds, Rowland, active 18th century-19th century, former owner; Goldberg, Gerald M., former owner; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed by Robert Marchbank, for the editor, Edward-Athenry Whyte, no. 75, Grafton-Street ...
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Notes: Edition statement transposed, precedes authorship statement on t.p.

Issued without "The merchant's tale" and "The recreant knights, &c." Also issued without the "Postscript" to On the origin of Bürgers' Leonora, and without "De castigatione maleficarum" and "Punishment of witches," which immediately follow the "Postscript."

Signatures: [A]⁴ b⁴ B-2A⁴ [superscript chi]2A² 2C-2F⁴ 2G1 2H⁴ [superscript chi]2H⁴ 2I-2N⁴ chi²; ²[A]⁴ B-2F⁴.

The remarks on Boswell's Johnson deal mainly with Johnson's relations with Thomas Sheridan; original letters (p. [89]-144) are selected from correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan and Thomas Whyte.

Publisher's advertisements: p. [1]-[4], 10th group.

"The introductory essay in the art of reading and speaking in public ...," vii, [1], 120, 113-216 p. at end, has separate t.p., pagination, and signatures. It could be bound separately at the option of the buyer. Cf. binder's note at foot of p. [8], 1st group.