Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality … From the Island of Atalantis. [With:] Memoirs of Europe, Towards the Close of the Eighth Century ….

London: John Morphew, 1709; 1710.

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Second edition of vol. I, first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. [ii], vi, 246; [xvi], 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf, vol. I rebacked, preserving most of original black morocco label, corners repaired, hinges strengthened. Bookseller’s ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label, binding rubbed. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837.

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This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley’s arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift’s, she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner, and exercised some influence on Defoe.