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1721. A Prolific Pamphleteer Attacks the South Sea Company An Englishman. [Gordon, Thomas (d.1750)]. Francis, Lord Bacon: Or, The Case of Private and National Corruption, And Bribery, Impartially Consider'd. Addressed to all South-Sea Directors, Members of Parliament, Members of State, And Church-Dignitaries. London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1721. xvi, 62, [2] pp. With a final advertisement leaf. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt title to spine, institutional name blind-stamped along joints. Rubbing and light wear to boards and extremities, fragments of paper labels to front board and spine, corners bumped and somewhat worn, front hinge cracked after title page, rear hinge starting at foot, faint offsetting to endleaves, tear to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior, occasional light soiling, punched and ink library stamps to title page (which has a small penciled shelfmark to its verso) and a few other leaves not… Read More

London, Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, M.DCC.XXI., [1721]. 1721 xvi, 62p. Engraved portrait of Bacon (not called for by ESTC). Later paper covered boards titled on the spine. Title page dusty, otherwise a very good copy. ESTC T99351.

London: Printed for J. Roberts,, 1721. First edition. The writer Thomas Gordon (died 1750) along with his colleague John Trenchard "worked on various anti-clerical, anti-papist, and anti-corruption old and independent Whig publications which were immensely influential in Britain and America" (ODNB). In the present pamphlet Gordon investigates the case of the charges of corruption levelled at Francis Bacon, which resulted in his disgrace and removal from office. Gordon defends the public disgrace of corrupt officials, an argument levelled in part, as the title shows, against the hated South Sea Directors. The popularity of the work - this was the first of seven editions that year - indicates the public mood was firmly against such officials, in the aftermath of the Bubble's burst and the ongoing legal recriminations against the directors for corruption. Octavo (218 x 134 mm). Extracted from pamphlet volume with residue of spine, uncut (unusually thus for a formerly-bound pamphlet). Notation "8" to… Read More