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Detailed Entry: The Odiad; or, the Battle of Humphries and Mendoza . . .

Author(s) [Anonymous and unattributed]
Unattributed Authorship Yes
Title The Odiad; or, the Battle of Humphries and Mendoza . . .
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) Lowndes and Christie
Publication Date 1788
Format 12 x 21 cm.
Pagination or volumes 22
Price 1/6
Reference CR, LXV, 403-4; MR, LXXIX, 77
Library British Library
Shelfmark 1465.f.43
Comment Sometimes attributed to the boxer Richard Humphreys or Humphries (c. 1760-1827) but internal evidence makes it clear that he was not the author of this mock-epic account of his most famous match

This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.