Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
The fribbleriad.
London : printed for J. Coote, 1761.
Anonymous. By David Garrick.
Verse.
A reply to 'An enquiry into the real merit of a certain popular performer', by Thaddeus Fitzpatrick.
With errata at foot of p. viii. Variant: without errata at foot of p. viii; the printing errors are common to both states.
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Scott, Four elegies, q.v.; item 11 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. Inscription by William Temple Franklin on flyleaf: Collection of Poems.; purchased from Dufief, 1801– 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (1); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. Provenance
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator. Provenance
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner. Provenance
Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834, bookseller. Provenance
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner. Provenance
ENG. London. 1761. Imprint
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