The club: or, a grey-cap for a green-head. Containing maxims, advice and cautions. Being a dialogue between a father and son. In which is Interspers'd the following Characters. Viz. Antiquary, Buffoon, Critic, Detractor, Envioso, Flatterer, Gamester, Hypocrite, Impertinent, Knave, Lawyer, Morose, News-Monger, Opiniater, Projector, Quack, Rake, Swearer, Traveller, Usurer, Wiseman, Xantippe, Youth, Zany, the Vintner. These Characters being meerly intended, to expose Vice and Folly; let none pretend to a Key; nor seek for another's Picture, least he find his own. For, Qui capit ille facit. In vino veritas.

People / Organizations

• James Puckle (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for John King, at Sir Walter Raleigh's Head; and Thomas King, at Shakespear's Head, both in Moorfields, near Little Moorgate, [1733?]

Publication year

1733-1733

ESTC No.

N26569

Grub Street ID

15940

Description

12,179,[1]p.,plate : port. ; 12⁰

Note

Dedication signed: James Puckle.

With a list of subscribers and an index.

Another fifth edition published in 1733.

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = plate