An edition of Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea (1760)

Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea

wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal ...

The fifth edition, greatly inlarged and corrected.

by Charles Johnstone

Charles Johnstone, Charles Joh ...

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An edition of Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea (1760)

Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea

wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal ...

The fifth edition, greatly inlarged and corrected.

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01 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany and Portugal 1984, Printed by Dillon Chamberlain ... Microform in English 0665468814 9780665468810	zzzz Locate
02 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany and Portugal 1984, Printed by Dillon Chamberlain ... Microform in English 0665468822 9780665468827	zzzz Locate
03 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea 1976, Arno Press in English 0405081421 9780405081422	zzzz Locate
04 Chrysal; or, The adventures of a guinea 1907, G. Routledge in English	zzzz Locate
05 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: containing curious and interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life whose hands it passed through in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal 1816, F. Lucas, Jun. & Joseph Cushing Microform in English	zzzz Locate
06 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: containing curious and interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life whose hands it passed through in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal 1816, F. Lucas, Jun. & Joseph Cushing Microform in English	zzzz Locate
07 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes ... of the most noted persons in every rank of life ... 1816, D. Huntington Microform in English	zzzz Locate
08 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: containing curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany and Portugal 1815, John H. Pratt and Co. Microform in English	zzzz Locate
09 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: containing curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany and Portugal 1815, John H. Pratt and Co. Microform in English	zzzz Locate
10 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Hland, Germany and Portugal 1783, Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Evans, and R. Baldwin Microform in English - A new ed.	zzzz Locate
11 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany and Portugal 1775, Printed for J. Watson, M. Pearce, S. Lewis, G. Longman and W. Crowder in English	zzzz Locate
12 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal ... 1766, Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, at Tully's-Head, near Surry-Street, in the Strand in English - The fifth edition, greatly inlarged and corrected.	aaaa Locate
13 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons ... whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal 1760, Printed for T. Becket ... in English	zzzz Locate
14 Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea: wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany and Portugal 1760, Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine Microform in English	zzzz Locate

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Edition Notes

"[A]n adept" is Charles Johnstone. Cf. ESTC.

A thinly-veiled chronicle of contemporary scandals in political high life, ca. 1757-1763. Touches the Sackville affair, Byng's execution, half-price riots at Drury Lane, the Essay on woman, the Hellfire Club, etc. V. 1-2 issued in 1760; those 2 vols. were expanded in 2d & 3d editions; v. 3-4 continued the enlargement and were intended to accompany 4th & later eds. of v. 1-2.

Edition statement varies: v. 1-2 each has: "The Fifth Edition, greatly inlarged and corrected." ; v. 3-4, without edition statement, is the first edition of the continuation, published in 1765. Cf. ESTC T128716.

Signatures: v. 1: A¹² b⁶ B-M¹² ; v. 2: A⁶ B-N¹² O⁶ ; v. 3: pi1 A¹⁰( -A3,A4 +A3.A4) B-M¹² O² ; v. 4: A⁴ a⁶ B-M¹² N⁸ (leaf N8 blank).

Pagination: v. 1: xxxv, [1], 264 p. ; v. 2: [12], 300 p. ; v. 3: [22], 280 p. ; v. 4: [20], 277, [3] p.

Woodcut head-pieces and tail-piece.

Typographical ornaments.

English short title catalogue, T119101

English short title catalogue, T128716

Raven, J. British fiction, 1750-1770, 1016

Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition), I, 348

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.

Published in: London
Other Titles: Chrysal, Adventures of a guinea

Classifications

Library of Congress: PR3539.J25 C5 1766

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Pagination: 4 v.

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL44063231M
OCLC/WorldCat: 1049285348

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Chrysal, or, The adventures of a guinea

wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal ...

by Charles Johnstone