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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.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection RBC 2027 19
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Law is a bottomless-pit. Part 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
- Louis.
- Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714.
- John Bull (Symbolic character).
- Political satire, English--18th century.
- Political satire, English.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- History
- Satirical literature.
- Booksellers' advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- [8], 37, [3] pages ; 19 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- n-eI myto isis (qto (3) 1712 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall, 1712.
- Summary:
- Satire on the War of the Spanish Succession; "Lewis Baboon" = Louis XIV.
- Notes:
- Anonymously published; attributed to John Arbuthnot. See English short title catalogue. "Sometimes also attributed to Jonathan Switft"--English short title catalogue.
- Signatures: A-F⁴.
- "Price 6 d."--Title leaf.
- Title within double-ruled border.
- With a final advertisement leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center RBC 2027 19 imperfect: leaf F4 wanting. Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026 from Marrin's Bookshop. Early manuscript contents list on front free endpaper. Early manuscript note ("Cen's[?] B-") on title leaf. Bookseller's description of this copy laid in. Binding: full early blind-tooled leather; 4 raised bands on spine; all edges stippled red.
- Cited in:
- English short title catalogue, T38599
- Teerink, H. Bibliography of the writings in prose and verse of Jonathan Swift, D.D., 575
- OCLC:
- 6324350
- Bound With:
- Kislak Center RBC 2027 19 bound with: A list of the lords spiritual and temporal, with the knights of shires, citizens and burgesses, chosen to serve in the Parliament of Great-Britain.
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