The trifler [microform] : a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh by Richard Maw-Worm, Esq
- Published:
- Edinburgh : printed for John Elder, no. 9. North Bridge, 1797.
- Edition:
- Second edition, corrected and enlarged.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 222 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 12⁰.
1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35mm. + Eighteenth Century Journals from the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (1857111443) 68p - Additional Creators:
- Adam Matthew Publications
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- Summary:
- A correspondent, under the signature of "Thespis", made a direct attack upon Mr. Johnson, of the Theatre, Edinburgh; in a revenge, Mr. Constantine, the author of the 'Ghost', no. XV, dated June 15, 1796, gives a ludicrous fiction of the death of this Richard Mawworm, Esq. commonly known at Edinburgh by the name of "Dicky the Trifler". Dr. Drake mentions this paper in his Essays, vol. v, p. 502, from notices in the eleventh and fifteenth numbers of the 'Ghost'.
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- Note:
- Comprising nos. I-XXXIII, dated 19. Dec. 1795 - 1 Aug. 1796.
The register is continuous.
With a final errata leaf. - Reproduction Note:
- Microfilm. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd, 2000. 1 microfilm reel : 35 mm. (Eighteenth Century Journals ; reel 20). Filmed with other titles.
- Source of Acquisition:
- News and Microforms Library copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20023.
- Index Note:
- Finding aid available.
- Reviewed/Cited In:
- English short title catalogue, ESTCT135301.
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