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 / printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.

Contributor:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political satire, English.

History.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714--Pamphlets.

Political satire, English--Great Britain.

Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714.

Genre:

Pamphlets.

Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Day, Cyrus (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection)

Physical Description:

24 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Fingerprint:

14l- vew- ute- shTh (3) 1712 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Morphew ..., 1712.

Notes:

"Both Swift and Pope ascribe this to Arbuthnot."--DNB.

Attributed also to Jonathon Swift. Cf. Evans.

Signatures: A-C⁴.

First of five pamphlets, commonly called Law is a bottomless pit, or, The history of John Bull.

Comma after London in the imprint, p. 24 numbered correctly. Variant 1: colon after London, p. 24 misnumbered 42; variant 2: colon after London, p. 24 numbered correctly.

Title in double-ruled border.

Contents on p. [3]-[4].

Advertisements on p. 24 for "Books sold by J. Morphew...."

Local Notes:

RBC Teerink copy is variant 1.

Culture Class Collection copy is variant 2.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Cyrus Day on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Arbuthnot, John. John Bull in his senses / printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth. London : Printed from John Morphew ..., 1712. - - Arbuthnot, John. John Bull still in his senses / printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and publish'd, (as well as the two former parts) by the author of the New Atalantis. London : Printed for John Morphew ..., 1712.

Cited in:

ESTC, T37608

Contains:

History of John Bull.

OCLC:

15670714