The Churchiliad:, or,, A few modest questions proposed to the reverend author of The Rosciad.

London : : Printed for J. Williams, on Ludgate Hill; and T. Lewis, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden., M.DCC.LXI. [1761]

The author of The Rosciad = Charles Churchill.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Six-Pence.

ESTC T098209

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Bound with Pye, Beauty, q.v.; item 9 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. Inscription by William Temple Franklin on flyleaf: A Collection of Poems.; purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (17); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764. Rosciad.

ENG. London. 1761. Imprint

Williams, J. bookseller. Printer

Lewis, Thomas, d. 1802, bookseller. Printer

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

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