Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude. [electronic resource] : Collected by the poor man's advocate (an old veteran in the cause of freedom) in the course of his reading for more than twenty years.
1794
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Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude. [electronic resource] : Collected by the poor man's advocate (an old veteran in the cause of freedom) in the course of his reading for more than twenty years.
Variant Title
Binder's title: Pig's meat
Title page for collected issues of v. 3 (1795): Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the people
Title page for collected issues of v. 3 (1795): Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the people
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Lessons for the swinish multitude
Caption Title
Pig's meat
Running Title
Pig's meat or lessons for the swinish multitude
Publication Details
London [England] : printed for T[homas]. Spence, at the Hive of Liberty, no. 8, Little Turnstile, High Holborn, [1794-1795]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v., plate ; 17 cm (12⁰)
Frequency
Weekly
Publication Coverage
Volume II. [No. I-no. XXIV]-
Ceased with v. 3.
Ceased with v. 3.
Note
"The poor man's advocate" = Thomas Spence, compiler and publisher.
Title page for vol. 3 continues: "Alias (according to Burke) the swinish multitude. Published in penny numbers weekly ...".
Volume II. No. I has title page which serves as volume title page; most issues have captions or lack titles (original wrappers lacking in copies seen).
Notes at end of no. XII. (v. 2) read: End of part first, vol. II. N.B. The work will be continued as before, ... . No. XIII (v. 2) has caption title which reads: Pig's meat. Part second. vol. II.
Note at end of vol. 2, no. 24 announces "A publication under the title of 'Eye salve, or Political knowledge for the people"; this was apparently published with an altered general title as vol. 3.
Issue numbers appear on direction line of first page of text in each issue.
Imprints lack dates; dated from text: "My second volome [sic] of Pig's meat was finished on ... the 17th of May, 1794." (v. 3, p. 3).
Publishing date of v. 3 from text: "From the Morning Chronicle of January 3, 1795" (p. 4).
There are two settings of v. 2: in a) first line of p. 15 begins: "parts were set our"; in b) first line of p. 15 begins: "vided into four parts".
With plate and two final contents leaves in v. 3.
Text continues from page to page with catchwords.
P. 5 of v. 3 includes letter dated: "Dec. 22, 1795" in error for 1794.
Consists of extracts from well-known authors, on individual rights and the rights of the poor; attacks the British government and constitution for their treatment of the poor; defends the French Republic.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Title page for vol. 3 continues: "Alias (according to Burke) the swinish multitude. Published in penny numbers weekly ...".
Volume II. No. I has title page which serves as volume title page; most issues have captions or lack titles (original wrappers lacking in copies seen).
Notes at end of no. XII. (v. 2) read: End of part first, vol. II. N.B. The work will be continued as before, ... . No. XIII (v. 2) has caption title which reads: Pig's meat. Part second. vol. II.
Note at end of vol. 2, no. 24 announces "A publication under the title of 'Eye salve, or Political knowledge for the people"; this was apparently published with an altered general title as vol. 3.
Issue numbers appear on direction line of first page of text in each issue.
Imprints lack dates; dated from text: "My second volome [sic] of Pig's meat was finished on ... the 17th of May, 1794." (v. 3, p. 3).
Publishing date of v. 3 from text: "From the Morning Chronicle of January 3, 1795" (p. 4).
There are two settings of v. 2: in a) first line of p. 15 begins: "parts were set our"; in b) first line of p. 15 begins: "vided into four parts".
With plate and two final contents leaves in v. 3.
Text continues from page to page with catchwords.
P. 5 of v. 3 includes letter dated: "Dec. 22, 1795" in error for 1794.
Consists of extracts from well-known authors, on individual rights and the rights of the poor; attacks the British government and constitution for their treatment of the poor; defends the French Republic.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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NCBEL, II:1310
Ward, W. S. Index of Serials, p. 120
Crane & Kaye, 718a
Goldsmiths, 37627
English Short Title Catalog, P3428.
Ward, W. S. Index of Serials, p. 120
Crane & Kaye, 718a
Goldsmiths, 37627
English Short Title Catalog, P3428.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Collects original weekly issues in two volumes.
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