The complete rat-catcher [electronic resource] : In which are contained rules for the utter extirpation of those mischievous vermin. By Robert Smith, Late of Turnham-Green, Rat-Catcher to the Princess Amelia, &c. And several of the principal Nobility.

The complete rat-catcher [electronic resource] : In which are contained rules for the utter extirpation of those mischievous vermin. By Robert Smith, Late of Turnham-Green, Rat-Catcher to the Princess Amelia, &c. And several of the principal Nobility.

London : Printed for the daughters of the late R. Smith. And sold by J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; and S. Smith, no.18, Kennington-Green, Lambeth, [1786?]

48 p.,plates ; 8vo.

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A reissue of the 1768 edition with a cancel titlepage.

The plates are those used in Smith's 'Universal directory for taking alive and destroying rats', 1768.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Sixpence Where may be had the traps, &c. as usual. N. B. This valuable Trcatise was sold by the Author for 10s. 6d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.

J. Barker fl. at Russell-Court, Drury Lane, the address on the new t/p, from 1779-96. Advts. on verso: no.4, publ. 1786, no.6 1785. Neither 1768 or this ed. in NUC, ESTC (vol.) or pre-1800 UC files. The plates are numbered II-IV (plate I in the 'Universal directory' related t foxes). Possibly wanting a plate numbered V (cf.14)

English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T140558

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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