Detailed Entry: [William Gifford or James Sayers?] An Heroic Epistle to Mr Winsor, the Patentee of the Hydro-carbonic Gas Lights . . .
Author(s) | [William Gifford or James Sayers?] |
Unattributed Authorship | No |
Title | An Heroic Epistle to Mr Winsor, the Patentee of the Hydro-carbonic Gas Lights . . . |
Place(s) of Publication | London |
Publisher(s) | Spencer |
Publication Date | 1808 |
Format | 20 x 26 cm. |
Pagination or volumes | 19 |
Price | 1/6 |
Reference | MR, LVI, 97-9; HL; BM |
Library | Bodley |
Shelfmark | (Vet.) 2804 d.8 (1) |
Comment | The attribution to Gifford by HL is generally accepted but is contested by much earlier first-hand evidence. John Taylor, Records of My Life (1832) pp. 40-41 attributes it to his "old friend" James Sayers. See N&Q Nov. 1874. |
This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.