The devil to pay at St. James's: or, A full and true Account of a most horrid and bloody Battle between Madam Faustina and Madam Cuzzoni. Also Of a hot Skirmish between Signor Boschi and Signor Palmecini. Moreover, How Senesino has taken Snuff, is going to leave the Opera, and sing Psalms at Henley's Oratory. Also About the Flying Man, and how the Doctor of St. Martin's has very unkindly taken down the Scaffold, and disappointed a World of good Company. As also How a certain Great Lady is gone mad for Love of William Gibson, the Quaker. And How the Wild Boy is come to Life again, and has got a Dairy Maid with Child. Also About the great Mourning, and the Fashions, and the Alterations, and what not. With other material Occurrences, too many to insert.

People / Organizations

• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXVII. [1727]

Publication year

1727-1727

ESTC No.

T31753

Grub Street ID

262545

Description

15,[1]p. ; 4⁰

Note

Wrongly ascribed to John Arbuthnot.

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.

Uncontrolled note

Pp. 14 and 15 are correctly numbered. - See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43