[Rarebooks] fa: [SWIFTIANA] SOME REMARKS ON TALE OF A TUB - 1704

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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[William King:] Some Remarks on the Tale of a Tub. To which are  
Annexed Mully of Mountown, and Orpheus and Euridice. By the Author of  
The Journey to London. London: Printed for A. Baldwin in Warwick-lane,  
1704. FIRST EDITION. Modern wraps with printed labels; 8vo (19 x 12.5  
cm); [10] + 63 + [1] pp.; with the half-title, but lacking the  
terminal leaf of publisher's adverts; ESTC T49383;  Teerink 997.
One of the very earliest (and least common) examples of "Swiftiana,"  
in which the Irish satirist William King comments on The Tale of a Tub  
and slyly muses on the identity of its author. Also included are two  
burlesque poems, "Mully of Mountown" and "Orpheus and Euridice." King  
(1663-1712), though holding the impressive titles of judge of the  
admiralty and keeper of the records at Dublin Castle, was far more  
interested in turning out satires, burlesques and miscellanies. A  
high  church Tory, he was also a convivial fellow and notorious  
drinker. Pope once said of him: "I remember Dr. King would write  
verses in a tavern three hours after he could not speak".

Some toning to the leaves, darkening to the edges, light foxing to 2-3  
leaves; ink library stamp on the last page of ads (no other library  
markings); small chips from the top edge of the first four leaves;  
otherwise clean and sound, firmly bound in modern wraps. A solid copy.