The patrician. To be continu'd weekly. No. I. Being considerations on the peerage. In answer to The Plebeian. By one who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons

All titles

• The patrician. To be continu'd weekly. No. I. Being considerations on the peerage. In answer to The Plebeian. By one who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons
• Patrician. Part 1

People / Organizations

• Anne Dodd I ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for J[ames]. Roberts near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-lane, and A[nne]. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar. 1719. Where letters are taken in directed for the Patrician, [1719]

Added name

Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. Old Whig.; Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729. Plebeian.; Molesworth, Robert Molesworth, Viscount, 1656-1725, attributed name.

Publication year

1719

ESTC No.

T115508

Grub Street ID

167238

Description

12 p. ; 4°.

Note

Sometimes attributed to Robert, Viscount Molesworth, although he was at that time a member of Parliament as well as His Majesty's Commissioner of Trade and Plantations; sometimes also attributed to Joseph Addison. Cf. NCBEL

With a half-title

After imprint, in parentheses: Price three pence

Published in response to Richard Steele's 'The Plebeian'; cf. also 'The Old Whig', attributed to Joesph Addison

Although numbered, suggesting it was published serially, the presentation appears to ape that of 'The Plebeian' and also suggests that these were simply numbered tracts published in response to 'The Plebeian'.