The barber and fireworks. A fable.

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : printed for J. Davis, and may be had at the Royal Exchange; and of all the booksellers in Oxford, [1749]
Notes:Verse.

"On a barber (apparently Laury Horner) who planned an abortive firework display in Oxford" (Foxon).

A reply, 'An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford; occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and fireworks', was published in Oxford in 1749.

Physical description: 7,[1]p. ; 4⁰.

Citations/References: Foxon, B64

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