[Drop-head title:] When the Cat's Away The Mice May Play. A Fable, Humbly Inscrib'd to Dr. Sw t
(Swiftiana)
Published by Printed for A. Baldwin [1712], [Colophon:] London, 1712
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Folio. 4 pp. Unbound and uncut bifolium; creased and toned, edges worn, in cloth folding case, worn and split First edition of this "reply, in defence of Marlborough, to The Fable of the Widow and the Cat … in which Swift had a hand" (Rothschild) which has been variously, and erroneously, attributed to Prior and Swift, as well as Arthur Mainwaring.REFERENCE: Ashley IV, p. 77; ESTC T52367; Foxon W384; Rothschild 1690; Teerink 1299PROVENANCE: Jerome Kern (book-label, his sale 1 January 1929, lot 969). Seller Inventory # 100505
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Title: [Drop-head title:] When the Cat's Away The ...
Publisher: Printed for A. Baldwin [1712], [Colophon:] London
Publication Date: 1712
Edition: 1st Edition
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