The Art of Preserving. A Poem. Humbly inscribed to the Confectioner in Chief of the B---t---sh C--v--l--y
first edition
1759 · London
London: For Joseph Burd, 1759. Book. Folio, cropped and disbound. Pp. 12. First edition. A rare satire on the failures of command of the British cavalry by Sackville and Granby at the Battle of Minden. Though cropped and folded for probable inclusion in an 8vo nonce volume, this copy is nonetheless complete. Not in Foxon; NSTC locates 4 copies, BL only in UK; Houghton, NYPL and Univ of Cincinnati in US.. (Inventory #: 1132)