An account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in England and Ireland. With a persuasive to ... be zealous and diligent in promoting the execution of the laws against prophaneness and debauchery, ...

People / Organizations

• J. Downing: ("printed by")

Imprint

London: printed by J. Downing: and are to be sold by him, and D. Brown, 1701.

Publication year

1701-1701

ESTC No.

N1196

Grub Street ID

1963

Description

[40],138,[26]p.,plate : port. ; 8⁰

Note

"Probably by a Mr. Yates, a lawyer, who used materials collected by Josiah Woodward" (catalogue of the McAlpine collection).

In this issue, the final four leaves have been reimposed, with the addition of 'The form of a register of warrants', p.[19], and the catchwords and colophon reset. It has the following features: p.[14], the word below the first pointing hand is misprinted "soid"; p.[15], in the middle, there is a space after "A--- B---"; p.[18], the text begins "Whereas A- B-" and the catchword is "The"; p.[19] begins "The form of a register" and there is no catchword; pp.[20-25] contain "A specimen of an agreement"; p.[26] contains an "advertisement" and the last-named bookseller is Jos. Downing.

Uncontrolled note

Three versions of these pages exist; probably many other variants in the final leaves not reported