A compleat and humorous account of all the remarkable clubs and societies in the cities of London and Westminster, [f]rom the R-l-S-y down to the Lumber-Troop, &c. : Their original, with characters of the most noted members; containing great [va]riety of entertaining discourses, erolicks, and adventures of the principal managers and members; a work of great use and curiosity. [C]ompil'd from the original papers of a gent. who [fr]equented those places upwards of twenty years.

A compleat and humorous account of all the remarkable clubs and societies in the cities of London and Westminster, [f]rom the R-l-S-y down to the Lumber-Troop, &c. : Their original, with characters of the most noted members; containing great [va]riety of entertaining discourses, erolicks, and adventures of the principal managers and members; a work of great use and curiosity. [C]ompil'd from the original papers of a gent. who [fr]equented those places upwards of twenty years.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
Uniform title:History of the London clubs
Edition:The second edition.
Imprint:London : [Pri]nted for the author, and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, MDCCXLVI. [1746]
Description:x,[2],120,201-327,[3]p. ; 12⁰.
Language:English
Subject:
Manners and customs.
London (England) -- Social life and customs.
England -- London.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10272923
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Notes:A Gent. = Edward Ward.
Apparently originally published in two parts in 1709 as 'The history of the London clubs'.
The text and register are continuous despite the pagination.
With a final advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
English Short Title Catalog, T226014.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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