Shelfmark
Fk.3.13(06)
Author
Title
The benefit of farting explain'd: or, the fundament-all cause of the distempers incident to the fair sex inquir'd into: Proving ? posteriori most of the Disordures in-tail'd on 'em are owing to Flatulencies not seasonably vented. Wrote in Spanish, by Don Fart in hando Puff-Indorst, Professor of Bum bast in the University of Craccow. And translated into English, at the Request and for the Use of the Lady Damp-Fart, of Her-Fart-Shire. By Obadiah Fizle, Groom of the Stool to the Princess of Arse-Mini in Sardinia.
Varying form of title
Miscell Eng & Lat
Edition
The third edition, revis'd by a college of Fizz-icians.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, and sold by the booksellers, 1722.
Physical description
12p ; 22cm. (4to).
Note
Sometimes attributed to Jonathan Swift, attributed by him ("Correspondence" 2:121) to "one Dobbs a surgeon".
Note
With a half-title.
Note
The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.
Note
Price from imprint: Price 3d.
Note
Previously: Dm.3.14.
Note
Bound with ten other items.
Citation/references note
ESTC T120407
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6566, no. 03).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Provenance
Ms. inside front cover: "Checked Feb. 1924. Some entries added to main cat.".
Binding
18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Miscell Eng & Lat".
Subject
Flatulence Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Moore, A., fl. 1721 - 1747 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B21703