The history of the Athenian Society, for the resolving all nice and curious questions. By a gentleman, who got secret intelligence of their whole proceedings. To which are prefix'd several poems, written by Mr. Tate, Mr. Motteux, Mr. Richardson, and others.

People / Organizations

• James Dowley ("printed for")
• Charles Gildon (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for James Dowley, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1692]

Publication year

1692-1692

ESTC No.

R35698

Grub Street ID

118062

Description

[4], 36 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 2⁰

Note

Attributed to Gildon by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

"The epistle dedicatory" signed: R.L.

The Athenian Society, London, was founded 1690-91 by John Dunton for the publication of his Athenian Gazette, or Athenian Mercury--Cf. "Dunton's life and errors", v.1, p. 187-197.

Date of publication from Wing.

Uncontrolled note

Burney Library copy filmed by RPI; lacking titlepage