A journey to London, in the year, 1698. After the ingenuous method of that made by Dr. Martin Lyster to Paris, in the same year, &c. Wittten [sic] originally in French, by Monsieur Sorbiere, and newly translated into English

People / Organizations

• William King (Author)
• Anne Baldwin ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: printed, and sold by A. Baldwin, in Warwick-Lane, 1698.

Added name

Sorbi`ere, Samuel, 1615-1670, attributed name.; Baldwin, Ann, 1658-1713, bookseller.

Publication year

1698

ESTC No.

R10470

Grub Street ID

58842

Description

[8], 34, [2] p. ; 8°.

Note

Fictiously attributed to Samuel Sorbi`ere; in fact by William King. See DNB

With a half-title

A satire on: Lister, Martin. Journey to Paris in the year 1698

A variant has numerous corrections to marginal notes. Marginal note on p. 3 reads: "P. 7. Brick and stone houses." The variant has: "Brick and stone houses". Marginal note on p. 4 has fourth line reading: "for want of". Variant has: "for want". Page 19 line 3 ends "King" and in the variant line 3 ends: "that the"

Signatures: A]4] B-C]8] D]2

Identified as Wing S4698 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 850

Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700, reel 850:35 is the variant.