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À propos. Mr. St. Andre's case and depositions as publish'd in the London Gazette of February 23, 1724. and the Daily Post of March 4, 1725.

Accession number
PML 9313.16
Creator
St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776.
Published
London : Printed for A. Moore, [1727?]
Credit line
Purchased in the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
With a half-title.
Nathaniel St. André was in 1726 involved in the case of Mary Toft, who gave birth to seventeen rabbits, and the pamphlet was apparently printed with this in mind; the pamphlet contains St. André's allegations that he was in 1725 poisoned by persons calling on him for help.
The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.
See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43.
Head-piece; initial.
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.
Description
21, [1] p. ; 21 cm
Provenance
From the libraries of George Nassau (sale 16 Feb. 1824); and Thomas Jolley (sale 15 June 1852).
Classification
Department