The plebeians. By a member of the House of Commons

All titles

• The plebeians. By a member of the House of Commons
• Plebeian. Parts 1-4

People / Organizations

• Sir Richard Steele (Author)
• Sarah Popping ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for S[arah]. Popping at the Black Raven in Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.XIX. [1719] The sixth edition.; ..

Added name

Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. Old Whig.; One who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons. Patrician.; Molesworth, Robert Molesworth, Viscount, 1656-1725, attributed name.

Publication year

1719

ESTC No.

T114589

Grub Street ID

166384

Description

67, [5] p. ; 8°.

Note

A member of the House of Commons = Sir Richard Steele

Originally published in four parts in the same year

Below imprint in brackets: Price one shilling

Published to "denounce Lord Sunderland's bill for limiting the power of creating new peers." Cf. DNB

For responses to the original parts of this work, cf. 'The Old Whig', attributed to Joseph Addison and 'The Patrician', by 'One who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons', which is sometimes attributed to Robert, Viscount Molesworth.