Defoe, Daniel Reformation of manners, a satyr [Defoe, Daniel.] Reformation of manners, a satyr. N.p. (London?): printed in the year 1702. 32 pp. Sm. 4to, full polished calf, gilt, spine and inner dentelles gilt, contrasting red and black morocco labels, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son. A very rare piracy; first printed earlier the same year in a rather more elegant small quarto of 64 pp. The ESTC (02/06) lists six copies (L [2], LAM, NOu; DFo, WU), to which Foxon adds one other (ICU). A spirited poem, published just after the accession of Queen Anne. Defoe's satire is aimed at many of the prominent Tories, including such writers as Matthew Prior: "And with the nauseous rabble that retire,/ Turn out that bawdy, saucy, poet P-----./ A vintner's boy the wretch was first preferr'd, / To wait at vice's gates, and pimp for bread, / To hold the candle, and sometimes the door, / Let in the drunkard, and let out the whore: / But as to villains it has often chanc'd, / Was for his wit and wickedness advanc'd." Slight dust-soiling, but generally a very good copy. Moore 43; Foxon D147; CBEL II, 885. Price: GBP 600.00 other currencies   order no. B125    inquire

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