Good Queen anne vindicated, and The Ingratitude, Insolence, &c. of her whig ministry and the allies Detected and Exposed, in the Beginning and Conducting of the war...
London.
Printed and sold by W. Owen, 1748.
Second edition.
8vo.
[4], 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Latter half of text-block separated into individual gatherings. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Hesketh Yarburgh to head of half-title. Lightly dust-soiled, some chipping to head of initial five leaves, occasional spotting/creasing.
An early edition, printed in the same year as the first, of Swift's immensely popular satirical pamphlet exposing alleged failings of the Queen Anne's Whig ministry, particularly in regard to their handling of Britain's involvement of the War of Spanish Succession.
ESTC N7374.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 20765
