THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE TOWN: OR, A VIEW OF THE PRESENT FASHIONS. A TALE IN THE MANNER OF FONTAINE . TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY IN A LETTER TO A PERSON OF QUALITY. By Dr. Swift

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40pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume, lower edges untrimmed. Some foxing early and late, outer leaves dust smudged with some minor ink speckling, title-leaf partially detached and with short tear at gutter, small snag toward gutter of terminal leaf touching a couple of letters, otherwise about good. Second edition of Elizabeth Thomas's gossipy poem (through page 26), but the first to include the reprint of Swift's 1729 (pp.27 to end). In addition to her own work, Thomas (1675-1731) is remembered for her association with Dryden, who baptized her "Corinna." She sold Curll a bundle of Pope letters that he published and she coauthored with him an attack on Pope, who ridiculed her in THE DUNCIAD. Her final years were spent in ill- health and included three years in debtor's prison. The first edition to bear her name appeared posthumously, in 1743. Uncommon: ESTC locates six copies in North America. TEERINK-SCOUTEN 673. FOXON T159. ESTC T95773. N° de ref. del artículo WRCLIT88807

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