Britannia excisa: Britain excis'd. A new ballad to be sung in time, and to some tune.

People / Organizations

• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for A. Moore, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1727 [i.e.1733]

Publication year

1733-1733

ESTC No.

N52479

Grub Street ID

36461

Description

8,2p. : ill. ; 2⁰

Note

The final leaf contains the second part.

Against Walpole's excise bill of 1733.

The bookseller's name is fictitious (see Fakes and Frauds, p.43).

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

Uncontrolled note

The titlepage vignette is the same as that of Foxon B459; a piracy?. - See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43