Verres and his scribblers : a satire in three cantos : to which is added an examen of the piece, and a key to the characters and obscure passages.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for C. Browne, near Moorfields, MDCCXXXII [1732]
Subjects:	Walpole, Robert, > Earl of Orford, > 1676-1745 > Humor > Early works to 1800. Walpole, Robert, > Earl of Orford, > 1676-1745. Wit and humor. Satires (document genre) Poems. Prices (Publishing) Early works.

Description
Item Description:	Satirizes Robert Walpole (as Verres, the rapacious Roman governor) and the writers in Walpole's interest. Published anonymously. Attributed to Eustace Budgell by Foxon, on the basis of a manuscript inscription in the copy at San Antonio College; no similar attribution found elsewhere. "Attribution to Budgell was made by Thomas Davison from whose contemporary library the book came."--Manuscript note on title page, and Hennington (cited below). Signatures: pi1 A⁴ B-E⁸ F⁴(-F4). "Price one shilling"--title page. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. Errata: A4 verso.
Physical Description:	x, 70 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)