The plebeian. No IV. Considerations upon the reports about the peerage, continued; in particular, with relation to the Scots nobility with remarks on the patrician, No II. and the Old Whig, No II. By a member of the House of Commons

All titles

• The plebeian. No IV. Considerations upon the reports about the peerage, continued; in particular, with relation to the Scots nobility with remarks on the patrician, No II. and the Old Whig, No II. By a member of the House of Commons
• Plebeian. Part 4

People / Organizations

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

Imprint

London : Printed for S. Popping at the Black Raven in Paternoster-Row, 1719. The second 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.

T115615

Grub Street ID

167324

Description

20 p. ; 4°.

Note

A member of the House of Commons = Sir Richard Steele

With a half-title

A reissue of the first edition with a partially reset title page

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

For responses to 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

Although the numbering and frequency statement suggest this work was published serially, it is possible that these were issued as a finite run of numbered tracts

Price on title page: (Price 6d.) Where may be had the Three former Numbers.