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The discovery : or, The squire turn'd ferret : An excellent new ballad. To the tune of High boys! up go we ; Chevy Chase ; or What you please.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 (attributed author.)
Other Authors: Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764 (attributed author.), Campbell, A. (Alex.), active 1725-1731 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westminster : Printed by A. Campbell, near New Palace-Yard ; for T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row, and sold by the Booksellers, 1727 [1726]
Subjects:
Toft, Mary, > 1703-1763 > Early works to 1800.
Hoaxes > England > Humor > Early works to 1800.
Verse satire, English > Early works to 1800.
Ballads, English > Early works to 1800.
Description
Item Description:Title enclosed in double border.
Attributed to Alexander Pope, in collaboration with William Pulteney, by Spence on Pope's authority.
Publication date from Twickenham edition.
Below imprint in square brackets: Price 6 d.
Head- and end-pieces; initial.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
On the imposture of Mary Toft.
Physical Description:8 pages ; 32 cm (folio)
Place of Publication:England -- London.