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Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792)

Author of Memoirs and anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and unfortunately father to Geor

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Works by Philip Thicknesse

Memoirs and anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and unfortunately father to Geor 2 copies

A Treatise On The Art Of Deciphering, And Of Writing In Cypher: With An Harmonic Alphabet (1772) 2 copies

Useful hints to those who make the tour of France in a series of letters, written from that Kingdom 1 copy

Proposals for printing by subscription, a year's journal through France and part of Spain 1 copy

The speaking figure, and the automaton chess-player, exposed and detected 1 copy

The valetudinarians Bath guide, or, The means of obtaining long life and health ... 1 copy

A Year's Journey Through the Pais Bas; or, Austrian Netherlands. By Philip Thicknesse, Esq. Second Edition, With Considerable Additions; and the Routes Through Germany, .. and… (2018) 1 copy

Lives of Gainsborough (Lives of the Artists) (2021) 1 copy

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2 volumes (1) Annexe 2 (1) Baths and Bathing (1) biography (1) chess (1) London (1) Lot 939 (1) medicine (1) prosbectysau (1) Swindlers and swindling (1) Travel 18th - 19th century Grand Tour (1)

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Birthdate: 1719
Date of death: 1792
Gender: male
Relationships: Gainsborough, Thomas (friend)

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Works: 8
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Popularity: #908,815

ISBNs: 6

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