London unmask'd: or the new town spy. Exhibiting a striking picture of the world as it goes. In a ramble through the regions of novelty whim, fashion and taste, as found in the cities of London and Westminster, their purlieus and vicinities. Containing a complete picture of the metropolis and its inhabitants. With the various humours, follies, foibles, vices, and absurdities, generally practised throughout London and its environs. Also a full and just display of the most striking scenes exhibited in the gay circles, the theatres, gardens, and other public places of modern fashionable entertainment. Including a general and picturesque representation of the most singular characters that inhabit this great metropolis: whether considered as vicious, ridiculous, humorous, or anyways worthy the pen of satire: particularly fortune-hunters matrimonial brokers modern Messelinas dissipated fops demireps sycophants loungers, or time-killers military fribbles French, Italian, and other foreign leaches due

People / Organizations

• William Adlard ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for William Adlard, No. 10, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, [1784?]

Publication year

1784

ESTC No.

N71671

Grub Street ID

51809

Description

[4],144p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

Dated on internal evidence.

Uncontrolled note

p.123 for date: "the present year ... 7? Martij, 1784" Nuc=[1785?]