[TICKELL (Thomas], inter alia: — Probationary Odes for the Laureatship: With a Preliminary Discourse, by Sir John Hawkins.

London: Printed for James Ridgway..., 1785. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 214 x 130 mms., pp [4], vii - xlvi, 5 - 130 [131 Errata, 132 adverts], disbound; lacks half-title. This work was called forth by the first poem by the new Poet Laureate Thomas Warton (1728 - 1790), an ode on the King's birthday. Tickell (1751 - 1793) and Joseph (1755 - 1803) were the prime movers and shakers of this satire on Warton and the Pitt government. It was frequently reprinted.