A Second Tale Of A Tub: or, The History of Robert Powell the Puppet-Show-Man
by Burnet, Thomas & George Duckett
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary full Cambridge style brown calf, tooled panels with tulip florets at each corner. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full Cambridge style brown calf, tooled panels with tulip florets at each corner. Very good. [4] xlii [43] 219 [5] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The second edition appeared the same year. A political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). It takes the form of an account of Martin Powell (fl.1709-29), the somewhat physically deformed, and noted Irish showman who ran a celebrated puppet-show in Covent Garden. It also, of course, adopts the title of Swift's celebrated Tale of a Tub (but is not recorded by Teerink-Scouten in the list of this work's spurious sequels etc). Powell is presented in the frontispiece as a hunchback, which appears to be true. The author's substitution of "Robert" for Powell's real name, Martin, made to render the obvious satire more effective. Burnet was an English wit; barrister and judge. He wrote this work at age 21 with his friend and colleague George Duckett. The allusion of puppet strings controlled by a higher power was a popular analogy of political machinations of the period. Engrave bookplate of John Collins, Devises. Contemporary owner inscription notes the satire's intent, some old scribbling on blank endpapers, moderate text toning.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22622
- Title
- A Second Tale Of A Tub: or, The History of Robert Powell the Puppet-Show-Man
- Author
- Burnet, Thomas & George Duckett
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full Cambridge style brown calf, tooled panels with tulip florets at each corner. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Roberts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1715
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics;
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