A serious and useful scheme, to make an hospital for incurables, of universal benefit to all His Majesty's Subjects : humbly addressed to the Rt. Hon. the Lord *******, the Rt. Hon. Sir *******, and to the Rt. Hon. *******, esq : To which is added, a petition of the footmen in and about Dublin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Contributor:

• Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.
• Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Language:

English

Genre:

• Advertisements -- Ireland -- Dublin -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

[Dublin] : Printed at London : and, Dublin : Printed by George Faulkner, and sold at his shop, and by G. Risk, G. Ewing and W. Smith, 1733.

Notes:

• Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift. Sometimes also attributed to Matthew Pilkington.
• 'A petition' is by Swift.
• "A serious and useful scheme" dated: From my garret in Moor-Fields, Aug. 10, 1733; "The humble petition of the footmen" dated: Dublin, 1732.
• In this issue the titlepage has been reset, omitting the author statement.
• With a final advertisement leaf.

Local Notes:

• Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.
• Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Cited in:

• Teerink-Scouten 732
• ESTC T452.

OCLC:

259246019

Online:

• The Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund Home Page
• The Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund Home Page