The humours, and conversations of the town, expos'd in two dialogues : the first, of the men : the second, of the women.

First edition of this humorous dialogue between Jovial and Pensive ("they argue about the various pleasures of the city versus the country" -- bookseller's description). The text also includes a shorter dialogue between Madam Townlove and Madam Thinkwell.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bentley, Richard, -1697 (Bookseller) Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 (Bookseller)
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for R. Bentley, in Russel-Street, in Covent-Garden, and J. Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-Lane, 1693.
Subjects:	London (England) > Social life and customs > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 17th century > Early works to 1800. Dialogues (Literature) Booksellers' advertisements > Great Britain > England > London > 18th century.
Genre:	Early works to 1800. Dialogues (Literature) Booksellers' advertisements
Ownership and Custodial History:	Inscription in an early hand on title page and leaf B1r: "Jane Modyford" (this is likely the daughter of Sir William Beeston, Governor of Jamaica, and wife, first, of Sir Thomas Modyford, 5th Baronet (died 1702), and then of Captain Charles Long; she died in 1724); "3076" inscribed in an early hand on front turn-in; (bookseller's?) pencil inscription on verso of front free end-paper: "asm [...] 1/7/6"; print-out of bookseller's description, by James Gray Bookseller, Princeton, Massachusetts, available in MSS 466, Box 7, Folder 22.
Local Note:	MSU: Cropping to top margin slightly affects pagination and running title in several locations throughout; leaf G12 damaged and repaired, with text slightly affected.
Binding Information:	In full contemporary speckled calf, rebacked in modern calf; boards, spine, and outer edges of boards tooled in blind; two small fragments of paper on upper board.
Physical Description:	12 unnumbered pages, 139 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (duodecimo)
Format:	Book

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