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The thresher's miscellany : or, Poems on several subjects /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duck, Arthur, active 1730 (attributed author.)
Other Authors: Bond, William, -1735, Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, 1730.
Edition:The second edition.
Subjects:
Duck, Stephen, > 1705-1756 > Parodies, imitations, etc.
English poetry > 18th century.
Duck, Stephen, > 1705-1756.
Parodies, imitations, etc.
Description
Item Description:Arthur Duck is a pseudonym.
The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.
At foot of page 24: "The end of part 1".
Signatures: A-D⁴.
A pseudonymous parody of Stephen Duck, or, as a manuscript note in the Cambridge copy suggests, an invention by Edmund Curll to put off some odd pieces given him by WB [i.e. William Bond?] and others; see Foxon, cited below.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:8 unnumbered pages, 24 pages ; 20 cm (octavo)
Place of Publication:England -- London.