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The conspirators : or, The case of Catiline, as collected from the best historians, impartially examin'd; with respect to his declared and covert abettors; and the artifices used to skreen the conspirators from punishment /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Thomas, -1750
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for J. Roberts, at the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, M. DCC. XXI. [1721]
Edition:The ninth edition.
Subjects:
Catiline, > approximately 108 B.C.-62 B.C.
South Sea Company.
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720 > Early works to 1800.
Political satire, English > Great Britain.
Rome > History > Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1714-1727.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1714-1727.
Catiline, > approximately 108 B.C.-62 B.C
Politics and government
Great Britain.
1714-1727
Description
Item Description:Dedication signed: Britannicus [pseudonym of Thomas Gordon].
Headpieces; initials.
A reimpression of the third edition with the first gathering reset and some evidence of resetting in signature H.
Page vii, line 14: now; variant: new; and leaf F2 missigned P2.
A political satire aimed at the South Sea Company directors.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:xiv, 57 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm