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Lewis Baboon turned honest, and John Bull politician : being the fourth part of Law is a bottomless-pit : printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth : and publish'd, (as well as the three former parts and appendix) by the author of the New Atalantis
Title
Lewis Baboon turned honest, and John Bull politician : being the fourth part of Law is a bottomless-pit : printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth : and publish'd, (as well as the three former parts and appendix) by the author of the New Atalantis.
Publication
London : Printed for John Morphew near Stationers-Hall, 1712.
Physical Description
[8], 37, [3] pages ; 19 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
Hicks classification: LM Ar19 1712 short.
Notes
Anonymously published; attributed to John Arbuthnot. Cf. ESTC.
"Also attributed to Jonathan Swift."--Evans American bibliography; "Sometimes also attributed to Jonathan Switft"--ESTC.
Signatures: A-F⁴.
The last page blank.
Price from imprint: "Price 6 d."
Publisher's advertisement on pages [38-39].
Fourth of five pamphlets, commonly called Law is a bottomless pit, or, The history of John Bull.
Summary
Satire on the War of the Spanish Succession; "Lewis Baboon" = Louis XIV.
Variant and related titles
Law is a bottomless-pit.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2021
With
Lillian Goldman Law Library rare copy bound with: Arbuthnot, John. Law is a bottomless-pit : exemplify'd in the case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon, who spent all they had in a law-suit <...> London : Printed for John Morphew, near Stationer's-Hall, 1712.
References
English short title catalogue, T38599.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Booksellers' advertisements - England - 18th century - Morphew.
Also listed under
Great Britain England London.
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