Oliver’s Pocket Looking-glass,.
Pamphlet bound in limp buckram. Some stains and foredges repaired with document repair tape; otherwise a good crisp copy.
£60.00
Publisher
[s.n.],
Place
[London]
Date
1712
Synopsis
New fram'd and clean'd, to give a clear view of the great modern colossus, begun by k. c--; carry'd on by k. j-; augmented by k. w-; and now finish'd, and thrown down in the glorious r- of q.a-. the second edition.
Item Description
8vo. 4.5 x 7 inches. 40 pp.
Notes
A satire on the Duke of Marlborough, 'the Great Modern Colossus,' compared to his predecessor, Oliver Cromwell, the Oliver of the title. Published anonymously in 1711, it was replied to by A Pair of Spectacles for Oliver's Looking-Glass Maker. The third edition appeared in the same year as the second and the fourth in 1722. This second edition is scarce; ESTC records only four copies in UK libraries (British Library and Oxford and Cambridge) and seven in the US.
[Stock No. 21787]
Subjects
18th Century • History/Theology • Pamphlets • Politics • War