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
EditionFourth edition.
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed by H.C. Southwick, no. 2, Wall-Street., most excellent printer to His Most Barber-ous Majesty, 1808.
Descriptionviii, 9-288 pages, 8 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 15281. ^A575643
General noteConsisting of humorous advertisements for the author's hairdressing services.
General noteThe four engravings are by William Satchwell Leney, after illustrations by Elkanah Tisdale.
General noteCopyright Aug. 11, 1808, by John Richard Desborus Huggins.
General note"Directions for the binder."--p. [282].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 15281
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formAdvertisements Barbers.
Genre/formBooks printed as advertisements.

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