Fk.5.01(18)
[Plebeian. Part 3]
The plebeian. No III. By a Member of the House of Commons.
Political tracts
The second edition.
London : Printed for S. Popping at the Black Raven in Paternoster-Row. 1719 (Price 3d.) Where letters are taken in, directed for the Plebeian: and where may also be had the fourth edition of No 1. and II, [1719].
10p ; 21cm. (4to).
A member of the House of Commons = Sir Richard Steele.
With a half-title.
A reissue of the first edition with a partially reset title page.
Published to "denounce Lord Sunderland's bill for limiting the power of creating new peers." Cf. DNB.
For responses to this work, cf. 'The Old Whig', attributed to Joseph Addison and 'The Patrician', by 'One who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons', which is sometimes attributed to Robert, Viscount Molesworth.
Although the numbering and frequency statement suggest this work was published serially, it is possible that these were issued as a finite run of numbered tracts.
Bound with twenty other items.
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Previously: Dm.5.1.
NCBEL, II:1276; ESTC T115614
Microfilm. Nos. 1-4 (14 Mar.-6 Apr. 1719). Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications International. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English newspapers ; Unit 5 : reel 214).
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924".
18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Political tracts".
Nobility History Early works to 1800 Great Britain.
Great Britain Politics and government Early works to 1800 1714-1727.
Popping, Sarah bookseller.
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
England London.
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