Description: [Byng, Admiral John] Bungiana, or an Assemblage of What-d'ye'call'em's, in Prose and Verse. That have occasionally appeared relative to the Conduct of a certain Naval Commander, now first collected; in order to perpetuate the Memory of his Wonderful Achievements..., London: Printed for J. Doughty (1756). 8vo. iv + 44 pp. Contemporary annotations in ink indicating the names of persons anonymously mentioned in the text. The first edition of a scarce collection of squibs on Admiral Byng's defeat at Minorca, about half in verse, taking its motto from Glover's Boadicea: "Answer me, what Motive, / First brought thee hither? but forebear to urge, / It was in quest of Honor; for the God / Of War disclaims thee." There was also a Dublin reprint. Both are rare.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: London
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Publisher: J. Doughty
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1756
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Anonymous
Region: Europe
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
