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Third edition. [2],184pp. Contemporary blind-stamped sheep, later rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, corners exposed, surface loss to boards. Book-label of Peter Stewart Young Tillingham to FEP. Head of title page shaved to remove earlier inked ownership inscription, leaves browned, scattered spotting. A revised edition of translator and satirist Thomas Brown's (1662-1704) sketches of London. Brown, following in the footsteps of Ned Ward, discusses aplenty the numerous taverns, game-houses and motley establishments of the city with the aim of exposing the nefarious characters which inhabit them. Despite his considerable amount of published satirical and burlesque material, today Brown is primarily remembered for a glib quatrain attacking John Fell, dean of Christ Church, Oxford during his studies. ESTC T163588. Size: 8vo.…