Duke upon duke, an excellent new play-house ballad. Set to musick by Mr. Holdecombe

People / Organizations

• Alexander Pope (Author)
• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for A. Moor, and sold by the booksellers, 1720.

Publication year

1720

ESTC No.

T5533

Grub Street ID

281914

Description

[2],4p. ; 2°.

Note

Title and imprint from Foxon

A "good part" of this ballad is ascribed to Pope by Spence on Pope's authority

With typeset music at head of p. 1

"The order of editions has not been determined" (Foxon)

A satire on the quarrel between Nicholas Lechmere and Sir John Guise.

Uncontrolled note

A MS. note by Maurice Johnson on the BL copy of the 1723 edition attributes the work to James Craggs, and revision and correction to Thomas Tickell