[DEFOE, Daniel, attributed to]

A Letter to a Merry Young Gentleman, Intituled Tho. Burnet, Esq.

London: Sold by J. Morphew, 1715. 8vo. 24 pages. Modern quarter calf, cloth boards. A few scattered foxmarks, but a fine copy. Item #408955

First edition. Sometimes attributed to William Oldisworth (1680-1734), a miscellaneous writer, but also to Defoe (by Trent, Hutchins, Moore and Novak; disputed by Furbanks and Owens). It is a reply to Thomas Burnet's ’The necessity of impeaching the late ministry’. ESTC T65946; Moore 301.

Price: $350.00