Law is a bottomless pit: or, The history of John Bull. Published from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir H. Polesworth, in the year 1712.

People / Organizations

• John Arbuthnot (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed and sold by John W. Folsom, no. 30, Union-Street, M,DCC,XCIV. [1794]

Publication year

1794-1794

ESTC No.

W20613

Grub Street ID

330305

Description

x,[1],12-227,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

Running title: The history of John Bull.

Often attributed to Jonathan Swift. The Dictionary of national biography notes that both Swift and Alexander Pope ascribed it to Arbuthnot.

Bookseller's advertisement, p. [228].

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-T?