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Advertisement Whereas some Persons have maliciously Reported, That the famous Bookseller was on Thursday the 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1704. infamously expelled a certain Society call'd the K-t C-t Club: And that the said Bookseller for his ill-timed freedom with some of the Principal Members, at the Reading of a Late Satyr upon his Parts and Person, was beaten to an Ungentleman like degree; and is since Clapt up in Mad-House. This is to Certify that the said Bookseller did of his own free Motion valiantly withdraw himself from the said Society, in scorn of being their Jest any longer; And that he was not Beaten (whatever he had Reason to fear) nor ever had the least disorder (upon that account) in his Intellects, but at this very day walks the publick Streets without a Keeper, and to satisfy any Gentleman's Curiosity is still ready to talk as sensibly as ever. Subscribed Jurat. ... me nosnoT bocaJ Jacob. There is now in the Press, and will be speedily publish'd a poem, call'd, Jacob's Revenge. Being a Comical Account of the Grounds and Reasons of the Bookseller's quitting the K-t C-t Club.

Title
Advertisement [electronic resource] : Whereas some Persons have maliciously Reported, That the famous Bookseller was on Thursday the 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1704. infamously expelled a certain Society call'd the K-t C-t Club: And that the said Bookseller for his ill-timed freedom with some of the Principal Members, at the Reading of a Late Satyr upon his Parts and Person, was beaten to an Ungentleman like degree; and is since Clapt up in Mad-House. This is to Certify that the said Bookseller did of his own free Motion valiantly withdraw himself from the said Society, in scorn of being their Jest any longer; And that he was not Beaten (whatever he had Reason to fear) nor ever had the least disorder (upon that account) in his Intellects, but at this very day walks the publick Streets without a Keeper, and to satisfy any Gentleman's Curiosity is still ready to talk as sensibly as ever. Subscribed Jurat. ... me nosnoT bocaJ Jacob. There is now in the Press, and will be speedily publish'd a poem, call'd, Jacob's Revenge. Being a Comical Account of the Grounds and Reasons of the Bookseller's quitting the K-t C-t Club.
Publication
[London] : To be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1704]

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Gale (Firm)
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1 sheet ([1] p.); 4⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
  • Humor > Early works to 1800
  • Satire, English > Early works to 1800
  • Broadsides > England > London > Early works to 1800
  • Great Britain > History > Anne, 1702-1714 > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
Advertisements.
Note
  • A satire upon Jacob Tonson, the Elder, Secretary to the Kit Cat Club.
  • Signed at end: Jacob.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642708686
  • T8277
Title
Advertisement [electronic resource] : Whereas some Persons have maliciously Reported, That the famous Bookseller was on Thursday the 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1704. infamously expelled a certain Society call'd the K-t C-t Club: And that the said Bookseller for his ill-timed freedom with some of the Principal Members, at the Reading of a Late Satyr upon his Parts and Person, was beaten to an Ungentleman like degree; and is since Clapt up in Mad-House. This is to Certify that the said Bookseller did of his own free Motion valiantly withdraw himself from the said Society, in scorn of being their Jest any longer; And that he was not Beaten (whatever he had Reason to fear) nor ever had the least disorder (upon that account) in his Intellects, but at this very day walks the publick Streets without a Keeper, and to satisfy any Gentleman's Curiosity is still ready to talk as sensibly as ever. Subscribed Jurat. ... me nosnoT bocaJ Jacob. There is now in the Press, and will be speedily publish'd a poem, call'd, Jacob's Revenge. Being a Comical Account of the Grounds and Reasons of the Bookseller's quitting the K-t C-t Club.
Imprint
[London] : To be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1704]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T8277.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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