The miscellaneous works of Tim Bobbin, Esq; containing his view of the Lancashire dialect; with large additions and improvements. Also his poem of the flying dragon and the man of Heaton. Together with other his whimsical amusements in prose and verse. ... The whole embellished with eleven copper plates.

People / Organizations

• Tim Bobbin (Author)

Imprint

[Manchester]: Printed for the author, and Mr. Hastingden, bookseller, in Manchester. And sold by the following booksellers in London; W. Goldsmith, L. Davis, and W. Cater; T. Payne [and 4 others in London, 1780?]

Publication year

1780

ESTC No.

T128541

Grub Street ID

178120

Description

203,[1];33,[3]p.,plates ; 12⁰

Note

Tim Bobbin = John Collier.

Pp.[71-110] are unpaginated and contain 'A glossary of Lancashire words and phrases'.

'The battle of the flying dragon and the man of Heaton' has a separate half-title, titlepage, pagination and register.

With a final errata leaf.

Uncontrolled note

GK dated [c.1780]. Not in NUC. J. P. Briscoe's 'The literature of Tim Bobbin', 1872, does not list this, and gives the first Manchester edition as 1775