The visions of Sir Heister Ryley: with other entertainments. Two hundred discourses and letters representing, by way of image and description, the characters of vertue, beauty, affectation, love and passion; the agreeableness of wit, truth and honour, made conspicuous by morals. As also scenes of the birth of nature, the sudden turns of fortune, the madness of domestick contests, the humours of the town, and the false arts of life, both of human and irrational beings, trac'd thro' all their intricate mazes

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  • The visions of Sir Heister Ryley: with other entertainments. Two hundred discourses and letters representing, by way of image and description, the characters of vertue, beauty, affectation, love and passion; the agreeableness of wit, truth and honour, made conspicuous by morals. As also scenes of the birth of nature, the sudden turns of fortune, the madness of domestick contests, the humours of the town, and the false arts of life, both of human and irrational beings, trac'd thro' all their intricate mazes
  • Visions of Sir Heister Ryley (London, England : 1711 : Cumulative).
People / Organizations
Imprint
London [England]: printed for the author, and sold by Mrs. Sympson at the Antilope in King-street, Westminster, mercer; Mr. Seddon at the Spring-Clock, Pall-Mall, near St. James's Palace; Mr. Robinson a toy-shop at the Golden Perriwig, Charing-Cross; Mrs Cary at the Lamb, Russel-street, Covent-Garden, Hosier; Mr. Heaton next door to the Crown in White-Lion-Street, near the Seven Dials; [and 8 others in London], [1711]
Added name
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.; Povey, Charles, 1652?-1743.
Publication year
1711
ESTC No.
P1995
Grub Street ID
55718
Description
1 v. ; 4°.
Note
Imprint lacks date; date of publication assumed by cataloger

Attributed to Charles Povey; sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. Cf. DNB

Intended to imitate The Tatler. Cf. McLeod.
Uncontrolled note
The UMI film and reel guide report this title as filmed at Yale University, Indiana University, and Duke University; however, the volume bears a Harvard University bookplate