Two elegies on the much to be lamented death of Matthew Buckingher, the famous little man expos'd for a German show. Who died at Cork in Ireland, Sept. 28. 1722. The former, written by Counsellor Burk at Dublin; the other, suppos'd to be done by the Reverend Dr. Swift. To which is subjoin'd, Buckingher reviv'd: or, an epistle from the little man to the learn'd Counsellor and Reverend Doctor, shewing the case is altered. Dated at Edr. April 2d, 1723.

People / Organizations

• William Adams ("printed by")

Imprint

Edinburgh: printed by William Adams, 1723.

Publication year

1723-1723

ESTC No.

T179894

Grub Street ID

216600

Description

[4],16p. ; 4⁰

Note

Editorial preface signed: Matthew Slow.

One of the additional poems is ascribed to Andrew Pennecuik by Foxon, in whose opinion the miscellany was probably of Scots origin.

Uncontrolled note

Verify pagination. Foxon does not report the unnumbered preliminaries. Also, attempt, if possible, to ascertain why a series of related satirical poems on the death of a midget in Cork in 1722 should have achieved such distribution. I suspect an anti-Hanoverian connection