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The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a lady of quality.

Title
  1. The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a lady of quality.
Published by
  1. London, Printed for the author, and sold by D. Wilson, 1751.
Author
  1. Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.

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Description
  1. 4 v.; 17 cm.
Subject
  1. Smoking in art
  2. Tobacco in fiction
Call number
  1. Arents S 0717
Note
  1. Includes numerous references to tobacco, e.g. vol. 1, p. 18: "Tom ... sat smoaking his pipe with great indifference ... " and vol. 2, p. 249-251 (portrays Pickle's Dutch hosts as continuing to smoke through a shipwreck).
  2. With 2 water-colors laid in, one signed: C. W. [i. e. C. Willyams?] fecit, 1784, and depicting the scene cited above (vol. 1, p. 18), with several characters smoking.
  3. Provenance: Cooper Willyams (bookplate); Jn. Willyams (autograph on bookplate, vol. 1); Thomas Southee (autographs: "Canterbury 1832")
Author
  1. Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.
Title
  1. The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a lady of quality.
Imprint
  1. London, Printed for the author, and sold by D. Wilson, 1751.
Research call number
  1. Arents S 0717
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