Hugginiana; or, Huggins' fantasy : being a collection of the most esteemed modern literary productions. : Exposing the art of making a noise in the world, without beating a drum, or crying oysters; : and shewing how, like Whittington of old, who rose from nothing to be Lord Mayor of London, a mere barber may become an emperor, if he has but spirit enough to assume, and talents enough to support the title. / By John Richard Desborus Huggins, empereur des frisseurs, roi du barbieres, &c. c. &c. ; [One line from Shakespeare].
| Author/creator | Huggins, John Richard Desborus |
| Other author | Leney, William Satchwell, 1769-1831, engraver. |
| Other author | Tisdale, Elkanah, 1768-1835 illustrator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fourth edition. |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed by H.C. Southwick, no. 2, Wall-Street., most excellent printer to His Most Barber-ous Majesty, 1808. |
| Description | viii, 9-288 pages, 8 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 15281. ^A575643 |
| General note | Consisting of humorous advertisements for the author's hairdressing services. |
| General note | The four engravings are by William Satchwell Leney, after illustrations by Elkanah Tisdale. |
| General note | Copyright Aug. 11, 1808, by John Richard Desborus Huggins. |
| General note | "Directions for the binder."--p. [282]. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 15281 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 15281). |
| Genre/form | Advertisements Barbers. |
| Genre/form | Books printed as advertisements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |