The bays miscellany, Or Colley Triumphant: containing I. The Petty-Sessions of Poets. II. The Battle of the Poets, or the Contention for the Laurel; as it is now Acting at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. III. The Battle of the Poets. An Heroic Poem. In Two Canto's. With the True Characters of the several Poets therein mention'd; and just Reasons why not qualify'd for the Laurel. The Whole design'd as a Specimen of those Gentlemens Abilities, without Prejudice or Partiality. Written by Scriblerus Quartus

People / Organizations

• Thomas Cooke (Author)
• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for A. Moore; and sold by the booksellers and pamphlet sellers of London and Westminister, [1730]

Publication year

1730

ESTC No.

T21431

Grub Street ID

240774

Description

[3],8-38,[2]p. ; 8°.

Note

Scriblerus Quartus = Thomas Cooke

With a final leaf of advertisements

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious

Below imprint in square brackets: price Six-Pence.

Uncontrolled note

See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43