Accession number
PML 9313.17
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Published
Westminster : Printed by A. Campbell, for T. Warner, and sold by the booksellers, 1727 [i.e. 1726]
Credit line
Purchased in the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
A ballad on the imposture of the "rabbit woman," Mary Toft (or Tofts) almost certainly written by Alexander Pope, with slight assistance from William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. First published as a work by them in the Twickenham edition of: Poems of Alexander Pope / general editor, John Butt. v. 6 p. 262-264.
Library's copy forms part of a bound volume (PML 9313) of collected materials pertaining to the notorious case of "rabbit woman" Mary Toft of Godalming; the contents dated 1726-ca. 1819, and including: 11 printed tracts and specimens of satirical verse and prose, 8 prints, 1 pen and ink portrait of Mary Toft by G.P. Harding, and an original manuscript transcription of the "Predictions of William Whiston". All individual items forming the volume have been cataloged separately.
Library's copy has been cut down and folded for insertion in volume measuring 21 cm in height.
Library's copy forms part of a bound volume (PML 9313) of collected materials pertaining to the notorious case of "rabbit woman" Mary Toft of Godalming; the contents dated 1726-ca. 1819, and including: 11 printed tracts and specimens of satirical verse and prose, 8 prints, 1 pen and ink portrait of Mary Toft by G.P. Harding, and an original manuscript transcription of the "Predictions of William Whiston". All individual items forming the volume have been cataloged separately.
Library's copy has been cut down and folded for insertion in volume measuring 21 cm in height.
Description
8 p. ; 33 cm
Provenance
From the libraries of George Nassau (sale 16 Feb. 1824); and Thomas Jolley (sale 15 June 1852).
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