Postscript to John Bull [with three further parts]
Arbuthnot, John, attributed author [Arbuthnot, John, attributed author.] A postscript to John Bull, continuing the History of the Crown-Inn, with the death of the widow, and what happened thereon. The fourth edition. London: printed for J. Moor, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, n.d. (1714). 19 pp. [With:] A continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn: with characters of some of the late servants; and the proceedings of the trustees to the coming of the new landlord. Part II. London: printed for J. Moor, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, n.d. (1714). 19 pp. [With:] A farther continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn. Part III. Containing the present state of the Inn, and other particulars. London: printed for J. Moor, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, n.d. (1714). 20 pp. [With:] The fourth and last part of the History of the Crown-Inn: with the character of John Bull, and other novels. Part IV. London: printed for J. Moor, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, n.d. (1714). Together four parts, 8vo, disbound. Fourth edition of the first part, and first edition of Parts II-IV. A complete set of four pamphlets composed as a kind of sequel to Law Is a Bottomless Pit; Or, the History of John Bull, which, with three further parts and an appendix, had appeared in 1712 as a clever satire on the war policy of the Whigs; both Pope and Swift ascribed the original five pamphlets to their fellow Scriblerian John Arbuthnot (though at the time the authorship of Swift was widely suspected). The present group picks up the satire after the death of Queen Anne, and the fall from power of the Tory ministry. The attrbution of these pamphlets to Arbuthnot is very tentative; more likely they were the handiwork of an imitator. In very good condition; complete sets are scarce. 1714
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