The devil to pay at St. James's, or, A full and true account of a most horrid and bloody battle between Madame Faustina and Madam Cuzzoni : Also a hot skirmish between Signor Bochi and Signor Palmerini : Moreover, how Senesino has taken snuff, is going to leave the opera, and sing psalms at Henley's oratory : Also about the flying man, and how the doctor of St. Martin's has very unkindly taken down the scaffold, and disappointed a world of good company : As also how a certain great lady is gone mad for love of William Gibson, the Quaker : And how the wild boy is come to life again, and has got a dairy maid with child : Also about the great mourning, and the fashions, and the alterations, and what not : With other material occurrences, too many to insert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.

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

Language:

English

Physical Description:

9, that is, 15 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster., 1727.

Notes:

P. 14 misnumbered 12 and p. 15 misnumbered 9.-- See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43.

Signatures: [A]-D²

Wrongly ascribed to John Arbuthnot.

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

Cited in:

ESTC N056447

Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) II, 47

OCLC:

40494591