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A modest defence of punning : or a compleat answer to a scandalous and malicious paper called God's revenge against punning. In a letter to a member of Parlmt : Cambridge : autograph manuscript, 1716 Nov. 8.

BIB_ID
118286
Accession number
MA 457.8
Creator
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Display Date
1716 Nov. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 30.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and manuscript poems written by or attributed to Jonathan Swift. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 457 for more information.
Part of the Fountaine Papers.
The signature on p. 3 has been cut away.
With a quote from Virgil below the title: "Punica mala leges."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside shield.
Provenance
Andrew Fountaine; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1907.