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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.