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001 $ 07/3093
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20230504140049.5
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Williams [pen-name Anthony Pasquin], John
245 0 0 $a Entered at Stationer's Hall. - Legislative Biography; Or, An Attempt To Ascertain The Merits And Principles Of The Most Admired Orators Of The British Senate. Being Intended As A Companion To The Parliamentary Reports. - By Anthony Pasquin, Esq. - [Epigraph] -
246 3 # $a Legislative Biography
246 3 # $a Attempt To Ascertain The Merits And Principles Of The Most Admired Orators
260 # # $a London: $b Printed for H.D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster-Row, And Sold By All The Booksellers In Great-Britain And Ireland. - $c MDCCXCV. $c [1795]
300 # # $a [2], iv, [7-]64 p.; $c 205 mm. (Quarto.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t., t.p.] - Advertisement - [Text].
508 # # $a The pen-name of 'Anthony Pasquin' was adopted in 1786 by the artist and writer, John Williams (1754-1818).
510 4 # $a ESTC $c T37718
520 2 # $a The text consists of biographic sketches of William Pitt, Charles James Fox, Ld. Thurlowe, Ld. Loughborough, Edmund Burke and Sir John Scott. Its stand-point is that of a Foxite Whig critic of the government.
561 # # $a The front pastedown of the volume carries the armorial bookplate of John Pritt Harley, with the motto 'Virtute Et Fide'.
562 # # $a Imperfect: lacks the half-title. The title page is inscribed in pencil, 'Printed by Wright'.
563 # # $a 20th-century half black morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Pasquin' and 'R.A.' Bound with: An Authentic History Of The Professors Of Painting, Sculpture, & Architecture, Who Have Practised In Ireland; Involving Original Letters From Sir Joshua Reynolds ... [1796].
653 # # $a Politicians - Great Britain - History - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Essays - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Symonds $e publisher
700 1 # $a Harley $e previous owner