24pp. Disbound with light but persistent foxing. Lower blank margin of page [2] has small institutional rubberstamp and withdrawal. Good+. "The Goat, Perch and Blue Flames" is the English translation of the first five words. "To the students of Yale college, this work is most respectfully inscribed, as a tribute of regard, as being the future glory of our country." The OCLC entry calls this pamphlet "A satire on the societies at Yale." It denounces with a bitter humor "the horrid monster of secrecy" which characterizes all of them. The author includes some of his poetry in order to make his point. OCLC 43864138 [1- Yale] [as of August 2015]. Seller Inventory # 32317

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Title: HIRCUS, PERTICA ET CAERULEA FLAMMA: OR ...

Publisher: For Sale by E. Richardson, New Haven

Publication Date: 1853

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