A Full and True Account of the dreadful and Melancholy Earthquake which happened between Twelve and One o'Clock in the Morning on Thursday the First instant, wit an Exact list of Such Persons as have hitherto been found in the Rubbish. In a Letter from a Gentleman in the Town to his Friend in the Country.
London [i.e. Dublin]: Printed for Tim. Tremor [i.e. S. Powell], near the Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet, 1750.
Price: $250.00
About the item
Fourth Edition. 8 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound, each leaf separated, marginal tears and small holes, some in folds, staining, duplicate stamp on verso of title.While the condition is not very good, it is intact and legible, and not that easily come by, the earliest edition noted by the BMC is the Sixth edition (also published in 1750) and Library of Congress has the Eighth edition. ESTC N33011.
Item #23630
A satire signed with the initials P. D., attributed to Richard Bentley or the satirist Paul Whitehead and dated London, April the 5th. Very amusing spoof on society and government:“I know you will be sorry for poor L––y C––, and Mr. P––; they were found buried under vast heaps of Dirt, which , by the Posture they are yet in, they seem rather to have drawn towards themselves, than to have shoved from them, as they ought…Little M–––– A–––is about Town again, as much as ever; tho' what Hole she went in at, and come out of, Nobody knows” and similar comments.
The imprint is fictitious.
