Shelfmark
Ib1.5.02
Author
Title
The thresher’s miscellany: or, poems on several subjects, written by Arthur Duck. Now a poor thresher in the county of Suffolk, at the wages of five shillings and six pence per week, though formerly an Eaton-scholar [sic]. Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, ...
Edition
The fourth edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for A. Moore, 1731.
Physical description
[8], 24 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Note
See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43
Note
The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.
Note
Arthur Duck is a pseudonym.
Citation/references note
Foxon, p. 200
Citation/references note
ESTC, N27380
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription on title page and last page: "unpublished".
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Identifier
B34497