THE ART OF POLITICKS, IN IMITATION OF HORACE'S ART OF POETRY
by Bramston, James (1694?-1743)] [but not here named]
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London: Lawton Gilliver, at Homer's Head, 1st edition., 1729. Softcover. Good. Frontis of chimera: fish-bodied, winged, bosomed horse with man's head. . Small quarto in recent grey card covers, frontis + title + 45pp. Upper margin of titlepage repaired where part of name cut away, frontis and last leaf mounted, 3 leaves cut short at fore-edge without loss of text. *The first of two political satires published anonymously by Bramston, a Sussex clergyman, which "hold an honourable place in 18th-century verse, [and] abound with contemporary references, and frequently happy lines" (DNB article James Bramston - see too D.F. Foxon, English Verse 1701-1750, B386).
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- Title
- THE ART OF POLITICKS, IN IMITATION OF HORACE'S ART OF POETRY
- Author
- Bramston, James (1694?-1743)] [but not here named]
- Illustrator
- Frontis of chimera: fish-bodied, winged, bosomed horse with man's head.
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Lawton Gilliver, at Homer's Head, 1st edition.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1729
- Keywords
- poetry satire classical political
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