Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude : Collected by the poor man's advocate (an old veteran in the cause of freedom) in the course of his reading for more than twenty years.
| Previous Title: | One pennyworth of Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude |
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Published: | Volume II. [No. I-no. XXIV]- Ceased with v. 3. |
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| Item Description: | "The poor man's advocate" = Thomas Spence, compiler and publisher. Title page for volume 3 continues: "Alias (according to Burke) the swinish multitude. Published in penny numbers weekly ...". Volume II. Number I has title page which serves as volume title page; most issues have captions or lack titles (original wrappers lacking in copies seen). Notes at end of number XII. (volume 2) read: End of part first, volume II. N.B. The work will be continued as before, ... . Number XIII (volume 2) has caption title which reads: Pig's meat. Part second. vol. II. Note at end of volume 2, number 24 announces "A publication under the title of 'Eye salve, or Political knowledge for the people"; this was apparently published with an altered general title as vol. 3. Issue numbers appear on direction line of first page of text in each issue. Imprints lack dates; dated from text: "My second volome [sic] of Pig's meat was finished on ... the 17th of May, 1794." (volume 3, page 3). Publishing date of volume 3 from text: "From the Morning Chronicle of January 3, 1795" (page 4). There are two settings of volume 2: in a) first line of page 15 begins: "parts were set our"; in b) first line of page 15 begins: "vided into four parts". With plate and two final contents leaves in volume 3. Text continues from page to page with catchwords. P. 5 of volume 3 includes letter dated: "Dec. 22, 1795" in error for 1794. Consists of extracts from well-known authors, on individual rights and the rights of the poor; attacks the British government and constitution for their treatment of the poor; defends the French Republic. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | volumes, plate ; 17 cm (12⁰) |
| Publication Frequency: | Weekly |
| Related Items: | Collects original weekly issues in two volumes. |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |