Serious and cleanly meditations upon a house of office. Dedicated to the goldfinders of Great Britain. By Cato. To which is added, The bog-house, a poem in imitation of Milton

People / Organizations

• Cato. (Author)
• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for A. Moore near St. Paul's, MDCCXXIII. [1723]

Added name

Cato (Author of Serious and cleanly meditations upon a house of office). Bog-house.

Publication year

1723

ESTC No.

N21215

Grub Street ID

10604

Description

[8], 14 p. ; 4°.

Note

Cato is a pseudonym; purporting to be by Swift. Not in Teerink, H. Bibliography of the writings of Jonathan Swift (2nd ed.); The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious. See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43

Below imprint: Price 6 d

Headpieces composed of printers' flowers; tailpieces; factotum initial, woodcut initials.

Uncontrolled note

See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43