A Letter from Timothy Sobersides, Extinguisher-Maker, at Wolverhampton, to Jonathan Blast, Bellows-Makers, at Birmingham

by Priestley Riots, Timothy Sobersides, pseud

$350 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

London: J. Johnson, 1792. First Edition. Octavo 20cm. ; removed, spine neatly rebacked with cream stock; 29pp. Lacking half title, extremities rather toned, else Very Good and sound. Fictitious letter highly critical of the recent Priestley Riots that took place from July 14 to 17, 1791, in Birmingham, during which religious Dissenters, led by Joseph Priestley, were attacked and

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