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Match of Duck fighting and legal books advertised
Public notices and new book advertisements describe a duck fight for ten guineas and twenty guineas bets at the Cockpit Oxford, alongside listings for legal and ecclesiastical works by Giles Jacob and others. Titles include law summaries, sermons before judges, and historical ecclesiastical studies with publication details and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockpit
Oxford
Bartle
Giles Jacob
Bernard Lintot
House of Peers
Edmund
Lincoln
A. Churchill
James Roberts
Warwick Lane
Wiliam
Magdalen Colledge i. C
N.B
J Walthoe
Temple Cloysters
F. Clay
Lucan
Pharfalia
Nicholas Rowe
Mrr. Rowe
James Wellwood
Royal Coledge of Physicians
Jacob Tonson
Major Pace
Catosius
Tibullus
Ovid
William Wycherley
Major Pack
Pomposius Atticus
Price
E. Curll
Temple
Fleet-street
Convocation
House
G. Strahan
Royal Exchange
C. Rivington