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Law is a bottomless pit or, the history of John Bull. Published from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir H. Polesworth, in the year 1712. With large explanatory notes
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- Eighteenth century collections online
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- London : printed for M. Cowper [sic, for Cooper], 1776
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- [2],200,[4],106p. ; 12⁰
- Anonymous. By John Arbuthnot.
- Includes with separate titlepage and pagination but continuous register 'The history of the proceedings in the case of Margaret, commonly called Peg, only lawful sister to John Bull, Esq; with a complete key'; the imprint and date are the same as that of 'Law is a bottomless pit'.
- 'The history' sometimes attributed to Adam Ferguson, and is a political satire.
- "M. Cowper" may be a false bookseller's name chosen to imply that Mary Cooper is the bookseller.
- Reproduction of original from the Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT171177.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.